Mayo mpl sequence analysis exon 10 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

$81.11

Cash price

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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.

$221.00

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.

$110.50 with Western Growers vs $532.20 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $110.50 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $143.65 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $145.86 ↑ +80%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $148.16 ↑ +83%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $148.16 ↑ +83%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $148.16 ↑ +83%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $148.16 ↑ +83%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $148.16 ↑ +83%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $148.16 ↑ +83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $148.16 ↑ +83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $148.16 ↑ +83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $148.16 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $154.70 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $161.33 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $167.96 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $174.59 ↑ +115%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↑ +128%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↑ +128%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↑ +128%
United Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↑ +128%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $185.20 ↑ +128%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↑ +128%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↑ +128%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $187.85 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $195.57 ↑ +141%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $196.31 ↑ +142%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $203.72 ↑ +151%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $208.16 ↑ +157%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $208.16 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|Options PPO $221.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $221.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|HMO $221.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $221.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $221.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $221.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $221.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $221.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $221.00 ↑ +172%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $251.87 ↑ +211%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $532.20 ↑ +556%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $532.20 ↑ +556%

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Mayo mpl sequence analysis exon 10 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $82.00 $110.50 – $532.20
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $81.35 $37.04 – $244.46
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $96.30 $112.50 – $477.19
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $149.85 $121.80 – $220.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $88.20 $60.75 – $560.97
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $126.20 $22.10 – $176.80
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $64.98 $46.41 – $221.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $113.82 $132.60 – $207.74

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