Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 6-11 targets 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

$248.46

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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.

$677.00

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.

$210.39 with Molina vs $755.73 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 $210.39 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $210.39 ↓ -15%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $210.39 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $210.39 ↓ -15%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $210.39 ↓ -15%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $210.39 ↓ -15%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $210.39 ↓ -15%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $210.39 ↓ -15%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $210.39 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $262.99 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $262.99 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $262.99 ↑ +6%
United Medicare|All Plans $262.99 ↑ +6%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $262.99 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $262.99 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $262.99 ↑ +6%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $262.99 ↑ +6%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $262.99 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $277.71 ↑ +12%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $278.77 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $289.29 ↑ +16%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $295.60 ↑ +19%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $295.60 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $315.59 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $315.59 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Options PPO $315.59 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|HMO $315.59 ↑ +27%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $338.50 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $357.67 ↑ +44%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $440.05 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $440.05 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $446.82 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $473.90 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $494.21 ↑ +99%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $507.04 ↑ +104%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $514.52 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $534.83 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $575.45 ↑ +132%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $609.30 ↑ +145%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $677.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $677.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $677.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $677.00 ↑ +172%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $755.73 ↑ +204%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $755.73 ↑ +204%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 6-11 targets at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $251.17 $210.39 – $755.73
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $460.76 $216.81 – $697.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $440.26 $52.60 – $765.33
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,219.41 $257.73 – $1,251.43
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $531.58 $210.39 – $810.46
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $437.89 $210.39 – $644.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $486.08 $210.39 – $810.46
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,613.64 $262.99 – $1,581.49

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