Mayo immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative chromogranin a 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

$31.73

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$86.45

Gross charge

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$5.82 with Western Growers vs $59.82 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

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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $5.82 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.57 ↓ -76%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $7.57 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $7.69 ↓ -76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8.15 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $8.50 ↓ -73%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8.85 ↓ -72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9.20 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9.90 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.48 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11.64 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.64 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.64 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $11.64 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $11.64 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.64 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $11.64 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $11.64 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.64 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11.64 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11.64 ↓ -63%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $11.64 ↓ -63%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $11.64 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.64 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11.64 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.64 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $11.64 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $11.64 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.64 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.64 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|HMO $11.64 ↓ -63%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $11.64 ↓ -63%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $11.64 ↓ -63%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $11.64 ↓ -63%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $11.64 ↓ -63%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $11.64 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.64 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $11.64 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $11.64 ↓ -63%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.64 ↓ -63%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $12.34 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $12.81 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $15.84 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $59.82 ↑ +89%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $59.82 ↑ +89%

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Mayo immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative chromogranin a at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $32.08 $5.82 – $59.82
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.13 $6.75 – $55.23
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.93 $4.16 – $30.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $46.59 $20.39 – $169.87
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12.83 $5.60 – $53.63
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $94.91 $13.54 – $25.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11.75 $3.03 – $63.05
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $46.59 $20.81 – $214.68

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