Fetal chrom aneuploidy gsa panel 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

$227.54

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.

$620.00

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.

$232.00 with Kaiser vs $2,181.23 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $232.00 ↑ +2%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $232.00 ↑ +2%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $232.00 ↑ +2%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $232.00 ↑ +2%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $232.00 ↑ +2%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $232.00 ↑ +2%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $232.00 ↑ +2%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $232.00 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $232.00 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $306.24 ↑ +35%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $310.00 ↑ +36%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $325.96 ↑ +43%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $325.96 ↑ +43%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $403.00 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $409.20 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $434.00 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $452.60 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $471.20 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $489.80 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $527.00 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $559.12 ↑ +146%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $620.00 ↑ +172%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $620.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $620.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $620.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $620.00 ↑ +172%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $620.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $620.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $620.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $620.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $620.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $620.00 ↑ +172%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $620.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $620.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|HMO $620.00 ↑ +172%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $620.00 ↑ +172%
United Medicare|All Plans $620.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $620.00 ↑ +172%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $657.20 ↑ +189%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $682.00 ↑ +200%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $843.20 ↑ +271%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,181.23 ↑ +859%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,181.23 ↑ +859%

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Fetal chrom aneuploidy gsa panel at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $230.02 $232.00 – $2,181.23
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $354.02 $62.00 – $496.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $182.28 $130.20 – $620.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $319.30 $232.00 – $620.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $743.87 – $2,442.51
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $759.05 – $3,086.72
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $759.05 – $5,833.92
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $759.05 – $1,715.00

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