Antibody elution rbc reference at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$145.44
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.
$392.00
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.
$27.86 with Kern Health System vs $217.73 with United — 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 | $27.86 | ↓ -81% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.86 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $47.78 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $60.20 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $61.16 | ↓ -58% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $62.11 | ↓ -57% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $66.89 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $68.54 | ↓ -53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $72.62 | ↓ -50% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $76.44 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.44 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $82.18 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $86.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $90.82 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $91.47 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $91.47 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $92.71 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $95.55 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -34% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $95.55 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $95.55 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $95.55 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -34% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $105.11 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $214.04 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +50% |
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Antibody elution rbc reference at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $143.87 | $27.86 – $95.55 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $189.22 | $43.03 – $394.70 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $80.26 | $32.72 – $122.22 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $102.00 | $112.61 – $287.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $42.95 | $25.94 – $82.02 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $235.77 | $25.96 – $98.33 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $39.33 | $14.01 – $96.42 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $393.21 | $158.73 – $287.00 |