Entamoeba histolytica ag eia - sendout 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

$16.15

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.

$44.00

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.

$9.78 with Western Growers vs $34.44 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 $9.78 ↓ -39%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -37%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -37%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -37%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -37%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -37%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -37%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11.98 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -26%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -26%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -26%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -26%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $12.70 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12.72 ↓ -21%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $12.72 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $12.91 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $13.18 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.33 ↓ -17%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13.70 ↓ -15%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $14.19 ↓ -12%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $14.19 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $14.28 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.38 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.38 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|HMO $14.38 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.38 ↓ -11%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $14.87 ↓ -8%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15.46 ↓ -4%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.29 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16.63 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $17.61 ↑ +9%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $19.56 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $19.56 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $19.56 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $19.56 ↑ +21%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $19.56 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.44 ↑ +113%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $34.44 ↑ +113%

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Entamoeba histolytica ag eia - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.33 $9.78 – $34.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $12.83 $2.40 – $22.31
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $60.45 $11.74 – $75.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8.38 $9.58 – $30.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $13.03 $10.10 – $19.17
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7.67 $5.29 – $36.30
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $60.45 $11.98 – $95.77
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $60.45 $11.98 – $108.61

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