Cytogenomic neo microra alys 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

$495.75

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.

$1,350.80

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.

$675.40 with Western Growers vs $3,333.43 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 $675.40 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $878.02 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $891.53 ↑ +80%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $928.00 ↑ +87%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $928.00 ↑ +87%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $928.00 ↑ +87%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $928.00 ↑ +87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $928.00 ↑ +87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $928.00 ↑ +87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $928.00 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $928.00 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $928.00 ↑ +87%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $945.56 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $986.09 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,026.61 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,067.14 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,148.18 ↑ +132%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,160.00 ↑ +134%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,160.00 ↑ +134%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,160.00 ↑ +134%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,160.00 ↑ +134%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,160.00 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,160.00 ↑ +134%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,160.00 ↑ +134%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,160.00 ↑ +134%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,160.00 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,224.96 ↑ +147%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $1,229.60 ↑ +148%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $1,276.00 ↑ +157%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $1,303.84 ↑ +163%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $1,303.84 ↑ +163%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,350.80 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|HMO $1,350.80 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,350.80 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,350.80 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,350.80 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,350.80 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $1,350.80 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,350.80 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,350.80 ↑ +172%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,577.60 ↑ +218%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,333.43 ↑ +572%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,333.43 ↑ +572%

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Cytogenomic neo microra alys at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $501.15 $675.40 – $3,333.43
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $578.15 $675.40 – $2,988.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $899.64 $731.19 – $1,323.79
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $529.52 $364.72 – $3,513.64
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $771.31 $135.08 – $1,080.64
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $397.14 $283.67 – $1,350.80
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,128.10 $754.00 – $1,421.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $695.67 $810.48 – $1,269.76

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