Coombs indirect titer reference at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$128.45
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$350.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$5.93 with Kern Health System vs $238.00 with Kaiser — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.93 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.93 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.05 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.05 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.05 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.05 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.05 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.05 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.05 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.05 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.05 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.22 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6.22 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6.22 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6.22 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.61 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $14.58 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $14.90 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.90 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $19.72 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $26.69 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $28.72 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $54.91 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63.82 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $86.17 | ↓ -33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $87.50 | ↓ -32% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $113.75 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $113.75 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $115.50 | ↓ -10% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $122.50 | ↓ -5% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $133.00 | ↑ +4% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $138.25 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $157.50 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $175.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $175.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $175.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $175.00 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $175.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $175.00 | ↑ +36% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $175.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $175.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $192.50 | ↑ +50% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $192.50 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +70% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $238.00 | ↑ +85% |
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Coombs indirect titer reference at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $129.85 | $5.93 – $171.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $148.05 | $6.22 – $368.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $95.55 | $1.04 – $145.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $547.74 | $10.36 – $229.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $243.11 | $5.94 – $16.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $175.16 | $5.18 – $147.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $222.66 | $4.32 – $16.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $216.75 | $10.36 – $53.34 |