Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step clostridium difficile toxin at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$107.17
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.
$292.00
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.
$11.79 with Kern Health System vs $111.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $11.79 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.79 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -89% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -89% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.03 | ↓ -89% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.03 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.03 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.03 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.03 | ↓ -89% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.03 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.03 | ↓ -89% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.03 | ↓ -89% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.03 | ↓ -89% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $12.70 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $13.18 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14.38 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.38 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14.38 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.38 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.22 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $16.29 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $28.99 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $34.44 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.44 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $39.22 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $47.91 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $51.55 | ↓ -52% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $55.50 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $72.15 | ↓ -33% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $72.15 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $73.26 | ↓ -32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $77.70 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $81.03 | ↓ -24% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $84.36 | ↓ -21% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $87.69 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $94.35 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $99.90 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $111.00 | ↑ +4% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step clostridium difficile toxin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $108.34 | $11.79 – $79.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $63.08 | $11.98 – $112.32 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $71.42 | $2.40 – $124.16 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $227.46 | $11.74 – $73.37 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $146.81 | $8.58 – $30.88 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $109.23 | $11.98 – $160.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $134.46 | $4.64 – $36.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $371.28 | $11.98 – $92.72 |