Immunodiffusion nes at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$19.46
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.
$53.00
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.
$10.43 with Western Growers vs $40.36 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.
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 | $10.43 | ↓ -46% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $13.56 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $13.56 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $13.77 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $14.05 | ↓ -28% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $14.05 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $14.05 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.05 | ↓ -28% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $14.05 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $14.05 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $14.05 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $14.05 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $14.05 | ↓ -28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $14.61 | ↓ -25% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $14.89 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $15.23 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $15.46 | ↓ -21% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $15.86 | ↓ -18% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $16.48 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16.86 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $16.86 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $16.86 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16.86 | ↓ -13% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.55 | ↓ -10% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.55 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.74 | ↓ -9% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.92 | ↓ -8% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.92 | ↓ -8% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.92 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.92 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.92 | ↓ -8% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.92 | ↓ -8% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.92 | ↓ -8% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.92 | ↓ -8% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.92 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.78 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $19.11 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.00 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $20.86 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $20.86 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $20.86 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $20.86 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $20.86 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.36 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $40.36 | ↑ +107% |
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Immunodiffusion nes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $19.67 | $10.43 – $40.36 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $3.18 | $2.05 – $20.61 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $8.67 | $13.77 – $104.69 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8.67 | $14.05 – $132.31 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $8.67 | $14.05 – $150.04 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $30.27 | $2.09 – $16.69 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $8.67 | $150.39 – $150.39 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $15.59 | $4.39 – $20.86 |