Assay alkaline phosphatase at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$93.50
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.
$252.00
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.
$8.26 with Humana vs $27.00 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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| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -91% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.54 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.54 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.91 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.91 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9.91 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9.91 | ↓ -89% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $13.50 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $17.01 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $17.28 | ↓ -82% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $17.55 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $18.50 | ↓ -80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $18.90 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $20.52 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $21.02 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.60 | ↓ -77% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $21.60 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.22 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.74 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $23.74 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $27.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $27.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $27.00 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $27.00 | ↓ -71% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay alkaline phosphatase at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $92.49 | $8.03 – $23.74 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $143.90 | $8.26 – $201.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $74.68 | $7.02 – $208.28 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $140.60 | $6.99 – $256.62 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $133.92 | $8.09 – $480.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $51.60 | $6.08 – $96.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $160.71 | $8.26 – $411.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $40.10 | $7.60 – $98.40 |