Pretreat rbc w enzyme reference at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$129.19
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.
$352.00
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.
$24.28 with Kern Health System vs $217.73 with Health Net — 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 | $24.28 | ↓ -81% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.28 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $32.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $59.74 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $61.75 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $66.44 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $67.64 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $67.64 | ↓ -48% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $75.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $80.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $97.50 | ↓ -25% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $97.50 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $99.00 | ↓ -23% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $105.00 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $109.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $114.00 | ↓ -12% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $118.50 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $127.50 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $135.00 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $150.00 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $165.00 | ↑ +28% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $165.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $204.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +69% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +69% |
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Pretreat rbc w enzyme reference at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $130.60 | $24.28 – $150.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $134.47 | $37.50 – $435.46 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $110.72 | $28.51 – $155.20 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $70.89 | $83.52 – $566.82 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $70.79 | $24.79 – $165.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $164.51 | $24.79 – $102.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $64.83 | $24.79 – $165.38 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $70.89 | $117.79 – $566.82 |