Cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$8.32

Cash price

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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.

$22.66

Gross charge

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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.

$3.00 with Western Growers vs $37.22 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3.00 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.90 ↓ -53%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $3.90 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $3.96 ↓ -52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.20 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4.38 ↓ -47%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4.56 ↓ -45%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5.10 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.40 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.00 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.00 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $6.00 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $6.00 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $6.00 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $6.00 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $6.00 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6.00 ↓ -28%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $6.00 ↓ -28%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $6.00 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.00 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.00 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $6.00 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.00 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|HMO $6.00 ↓ -28%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -28%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $6.00 ↓ -28%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $6.00 ↓ -28%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $6.00 ↓ -28%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $6.00 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -28%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $6.00 ↓ -28%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $6.00 ↓ -28%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -28%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $6.36 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $6.60 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8.16 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.22 ↑ +347%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $37.22 ↑ +347%

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Cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.41 $3.00 – $37.22
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $27.60 $1.62 – $34.37
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $6.37 $2.59 – $11.71
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $45.90 $12.69 – $103.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $53.29 $3.00 – $33.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $67.27 $3.25 – $6.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $48.81 $1.62 – $39.24
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $45.90 $12.95 – $130.64

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