#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$11.13
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.
$30.00
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.
$6.41 with Kern Health System vs $30.00 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 | $6.41 | ↓ -42% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.41 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -34% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8.77 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.77 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8.77 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8.77 | ↓ -21% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $15.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $15.76 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $16.37 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $18.90 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $19.20 | ↑ +73% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $19.50 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $21.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $21.32 | ↑ +92% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $22.80 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.00 | ↑ +116% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $24.00 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.80 | ↑ +132% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $26.32 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $27.62 | ↑ +148% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $30.00 | ↑ +170% |
Visitor-reported prices
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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $11.01 | $6.02 – $23.70 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $17.13 | $3.00 – $24.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $8.82 | $6.21 – $24.60 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $15.45 | $5.24 – $28.20 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $7.25 | $3.64 – $25.95 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $220.18 | $6.25 – $395.92 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $29.24 | $4.56 – $39.07 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $26.59 | $6.54 – $42.50 |