Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$105.36
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.
$287.06
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.
$16.45 with Blue Shield CA vs $273.09 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -84% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -84% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $17.44 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $18.10 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19.74 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.74 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $19.74 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.56 | ↓ -80% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.56 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.99 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.99 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.99 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.99 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.99 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.99 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.99 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.99 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.99 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $22.37 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $29.20 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.26 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $47.26 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $50.59 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $68.43 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $84.90 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $91.36 | ↓ -13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $143.53 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $174.03 | ↑ +65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $186.59 | ↑ +77% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $186.59 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $189.46 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $200.95 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $202.27 | ↑ +92% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $218.17 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $226.78 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $258.36 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $273.09 | ↑ +159% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $106.50 | $16.45 – $229.65 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $29.42 | $3.29 – $45.59 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $163.92 | $16.45 – $229.65 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $84.40 | $13.98 – $235.39 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $147.84 | $16.45 – $269.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $16.12 – $133.77 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $16.45 – $169.05 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $16.45 – $191.70 |