Mayo babpb infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe babesia microti at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$25.69
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.
$70.00
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.
$20.00 with Western Growers vs $40.00 with United — 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 | $20.00 | ↓ -22% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $26.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $26.00 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $26.40 | ↑ +3% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $28.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $30.40 | ↑ +18% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $31.60 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.00 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $39.60 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $40.00 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $40.00 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.00 | ↑ +56% |
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Mayo babpb infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe babesia microti at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $25.97 | $20.00 – $32.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $17.52 | $10.80 – $31.20 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $29.96 | $20.00 – $39.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $27.44 | $10.80 – $39.20 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $39.97 | $4.00 – $32.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $20.58 | $8.40 – $33.60 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $31.12 | $9.60 – $39.20 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $36.05 | $11.60 – $39.60 |