Blood Count (CBC) Test at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$155.82
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.
$420.00
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.
$7.77 with United vs $94.00 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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| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7.77 | ↓ -95% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7.77 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7.77 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9.32 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9.32 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.32 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $17.40 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.33 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $22.33 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $23.33 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $31.56 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $41.69 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $43.76 | ↓ -72% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $47.00 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $59.22 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $60.16 | ↓ -61% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $61.10 | ↓ -61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $65.80 | ↓ -58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $71.44 | ↓ -54% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $75.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $75.20 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $80.84 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $94.00 | ↓ -40% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Blood Count (CBC) Test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $154.14 | $7.77 – $74.26 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $103.81 | $7.77 – $24.25 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $38.74 | $1.55 – $23.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $200.43 | $7.61 – $63.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $163.93 | $7.77 – $21.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $99.24 | $7.77 – $146.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $150.14 | $5.94 – $23.53 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $179.01 | $7.77 – $80.22 |