Drug of abuse screen urine at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$285.53
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.
$778.00
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.
$10.08 with Molina vs $383.40 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.08 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.08 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.08 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -96% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -96% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $13.36 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $13.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $15.12 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $15.12 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.12 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $15.12 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $17.14 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.65 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $24.29 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $32.86 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.21 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $36.21 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $54.85 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $59.02 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $122.69 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $142.60 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $192.54 | ↓ -33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $213.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $276.90 | ↓ -3% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $276.90 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $281.16 | ↓ -2% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $298.20 | ↑ +4% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $323.76 | ↑ +13% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $336.54 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $383.40 | ↑ +34% |
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Drug of abuse screen urine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $288.64 | $10.08 – $340.80 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $23.79 | $2.52 – $36.86 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $445.38 | $12.60 – $624.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $103.02 | $216.22 – $216.22 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $231.09 | $10.08 – $644.52 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $9.81 | $6.56 – $12.60 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $433.63 | $10.08 – $791.48 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $16.63 | $10.08 – $51.00 |