Cytomegalovirus (cmv) antibody igm 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

$4.41

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.

$12.00

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.

$4.83 with Western Growers vs $48.41 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 $4.83 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.28 ↑ +42%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $6.28 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $6.38 ↑ +45%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6.77 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7.06 ↑ +60%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7.35 ↑ +67%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.64 ↑ +73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8.22 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.70 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.66 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9.66 ↑ +119%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +119%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $9.66 ↑ +119%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $9.66 ↑ +119%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +119%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.66 ↑ +119%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.66 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $9.66 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.66 ↑ +119%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $9.66 ↑ +119%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $9.66 ↑ +119%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +119%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9.66 ↑ +119%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +119%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9.66 ↑ +119%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $9.66 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.66 ↑ +119%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +119%
United Commercial|HMO $9.66 ↑ +119%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +119%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $9.66 ↑ +119%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $9.66 ↑ +119%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $9.66 ↑ +119%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $9.66 ↑ +119%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +119%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $9.66 ↑ +119%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $9.66 ↑ +119%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↑ +119%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $10.24 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $10.63 ↑ +141%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13.14 ↑ +198%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.41 ↑ +998%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $48.41 ↑ +998%

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Cytomegalovirus (cmv) antibody igm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.17 $4.83 – $48.41
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.78 $2.70 – $44.70
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $45.97 $16.51 – $131.68
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $382.29 $5.42 – $10.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $45.97 $16.85 – $166.41
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $45.97 $16.85 – $188.71
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $6.86 $0.97 – $7.73
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $45.97 $189.15 – $189.15

All California hospitals for this procedure →