Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$36.70
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.
$100.00
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.
$37.40 with Western Growers vs $74.80 with Aetna — 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 | $37.40 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $48.62 | ↑ +32% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $48.62 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $49.37 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +40% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $52.36 | ↑ +43% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $54.39 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $54.61 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $56.44 | ↑ +54% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $56.85 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $59.10 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $61.57 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $61.57 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $61.57 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $61.57 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63.58 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $67.32 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $67.73 | ↑ +85% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $69.78 | ↑ +90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.09 | ↑ +96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.09 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $74.80 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $74.80 | ↑ +104% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $74.80 | ↑ +104% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $74.80 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $74.80 | ↑ +104% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $37.10 | $37.40 – $74.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $106.44 | $20.20 – $102.62 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $85.93 | $10.26 – $84.66 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $105.06 | $50.28 – $281.98 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $98.44 | $37.40 – $77.63 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $102.57 | $40.49 – $73.31 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $90.16 | $20.20 – $73.31 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $85.68 | $51.31 – $356.36 |