Platelet aggregation each agent teg at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$66.80
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.
$182.00
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.
$16.72 with Kern Health System vs $178.00 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.72 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.07 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.07 | ↓ -74% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.07 | ↓ -74% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.07 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.07 | ↓ -74% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.07 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.07 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.07 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.07 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.06 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $24.91 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $24.91 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $24.91 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $24.91 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $24.91 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $24.91 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $24.91 | ↓ -63% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $24.91 | ↓ -63% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $24.91 | ↓ -63% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $26.40 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $27.40 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $29.89 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.89 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $29.89 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $29.89 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $33.88 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $41.14 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $55.65 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $71.58 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $71.58 | ↑ +7% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $84.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $89.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $91.20 | ↑ +37% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $94.80 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $110.82 | ↑ +66% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $115.70 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $115.70 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $117.48 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $119.25 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $129.94 | ↑ +95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $151.30 | ↑ +126% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $160.20 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $178.00 | ↑ +166% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Platelet aggregation each agent teg at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $67.53 | $16.72 – $107.25 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $121.77 | $24.91 – $77.72 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $130.54 | $17.07 – $72.52 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $71.27 | $17.07 – $104.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $119.56 | $17.07 – $75.45 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $141.27 | $24.91 – $188.28 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $276.42 | $24.91 – $213.52 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $101.07 | $10.00 – $80.00 |