Enzyme histochemistry at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$227.49
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.
$619.85
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.
$59.43 with Western Growers vs $1,037.95 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $59.43 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $76.15 | ↓ -67% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $77.26 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $78.45 | ↓ -66% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $83.21 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $88.50 | ↓ -61% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $90.34 | ↓ -60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $93.90 | ↓ -59% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.64 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.64 | ↓ -58% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $98.66 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $98.66 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $98.66 | ↓ -57% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $98.66 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $98.66 | ↓ -57% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $98.66 | ↓ -57% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $98.66 | ↓ -57% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $98.66 | ↓ -57% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $98.66 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $118.86 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $130.75 | ↓ -43% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $130.75 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $161.65 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $331.18 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $331.18 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +356% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,037.95 | ↑ +356% |
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Enzyme histochemistry at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $229.97 | $59.43 – $331.18 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,351.50 | $58.53 – $1,256.40 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $34.99 | $29.79 – $296.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $32.05 | $16.09 – $349.08 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,770.21 | $73.97 – $1,256.40 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $993.99 | $83.88 – $1,256.40 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $67.87 | $11.89 – $95.09 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $945.54 | $84.07 – $84.07 |