Pretreat rbc absorption reference at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$57.81
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.
$157.50
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.
$28.06 with Kern Health System vs $102.64 with Kaiser — 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 | $28.06 | ↓ -51% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.06 | ↓ -51% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -50% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.80 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.61 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $40.61 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $40.61 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $40.61 | ↓ -30% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -24% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $57.20 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $57.20 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $58.08 | ↑ +0% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $61.60 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $64.24 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $66.88 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $69.02 | ↑ +19% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $69.52 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $74.80 | ↑ +29% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +31% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +31% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +31% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $79.20 | ↑ +37% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $83.02 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $83.02 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $88.00 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $88.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $88.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $88.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $101.42 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $101.42 | ↑ +75% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $102.64 | ↑ +78% |
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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $58.44 | $28.06 – $101.42 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $69.21 | $35.37 – $102.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $144.60 | $11.88 – $220.19 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $219.30 | $66.86 – $146.90 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $70.79 | $28.64 – $162.08 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $110.15 | $21.74 – $82.32 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $64.83 | $28.64 – $162.08 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $219.30 | $66.86 – $185.65 |