Hba1/hba2 gene dup/del vrnts 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

$128.45

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.

$350.00

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.

$161.92 with Molina vs $581.63 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
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $161.92 ↑ +26%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $161.92 ↑ +26%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $161.92 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $161.92 ↑ +26%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $161.92 ↑ +26%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $161.92 ↑ +26%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $161.92 ↑ +26%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $161.92 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $161.92 ↑ +26%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $175.00 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $202.40 ↑ +58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +58%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +58%
United Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +58%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +58%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +58%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $202.40 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $213.73 ↑ +66%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $214.54 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $222.64 ↑ +73%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $227.50 ↑ +77%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $227.50 ↑ +77%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $227.50 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $231.00 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $242.88 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|HMO $242.88 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $242.88 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $242.88 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $245.00 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $255.50 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $266.00 ↑ +107%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $275.26 ↑ +114%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $276.50 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $297.50 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $350.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $350.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $350.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $350.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $350.00 ↑ +172%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $581.63 ↑ +353%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $581.63 ↑ +353%

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Hba1/hba2 gene dup/del vrnts at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $129.85 $161.92 – $581.63
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $174.95 $161.92 – $521.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $272.23 $161.92 – $343.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $160.23 $94.50 – $613.07
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $199.85 $35.00 – $280.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $102.90 $73.50 – $350.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $272.30 $161.92 – $343.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $180.25 $161.92 – $329.00

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