Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$91.02
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.
$248.00
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.
$47.26 with Western Growers vs $344.09 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 | $47.26 | ↓ -48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $61.44 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $62.38 | ↓ -31% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $66.16 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $69.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $71.83 | ↓ -21% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $74.67 | ↓ -18% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.75 | ↓ -13% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.75 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $80.34 | ↓ -12% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.40 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.40 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.40 | ↓ -12% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.40 | ↓ -12% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.40 | ↓ -12% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.40 | ↓ -12% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.40 | ↓ -12% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.40 | ↓ -12% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.40 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $94.51 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $103.97 | ↑ +14% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $103.97 | ↑ +14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $128.54 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +139% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $344.09 | ↑ +278% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $344.09 | ↑ +278% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $92.01 | $47.26 – $344.09 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $53.88 | $3.73 – $317.70 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $15.61 | $15.17 – $92.48 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $600.27 | $61.61 – $566.82 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $120.19 | $15.83 – $308.52 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $71.27 | $27.09 – $102.59 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $110.08 | $8.55 – $362.69 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $555.90 | $77.86 – $566.82 |