Ghs reticulocyte count at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$144.97
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.
$395.00
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.
$3.71 with Kern Health System vs $355.50 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.71 | ↓ -97% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.71 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.79 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.79 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.79 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4.31 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4.31 | ↓ -97% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4.31 | ↓ -97% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4.57 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4.74 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5.17 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.17 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5.17 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5.17 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5.86 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $9.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $12.36 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $12.38 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.38 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $22.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $23.85 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $45.69 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.10 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $71.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $197.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $256.75 | ↑ +77% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $256.75 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $260.70 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $276.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $300.20 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $312.05 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $355.50 | ↑ +145% |
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Ghs reticulocyte count at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $146.55 | $3.71 – $316.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $7.75 | $0.86 – $12.61 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $51.29 | $3.79 – $75.46 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $254.67 | $4.31 – $356.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $112.61 | $3.66 – $314.06 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $211.67 | $3.79 – $386.34 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $90.47 | $3.79 – $162.68 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $112.70 | $4.31 – $11.48 |