Blood Culture Test at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$221.86
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.
$598.00
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.
$10.32 with United vs $196.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $10.32 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $10.32 | ↓ -95% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $10.32 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $10.32 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $10.32 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $10.32 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $10.32 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $12.38 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12.38 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.38 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12.38 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $23.12 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.66 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $29.66 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $31.04 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $41.99 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $55.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $58.11 | ↓ -74% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $98.00 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $115.43 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $125.44 | ↓ -43% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $127.40 | ↓ -43% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $137.20 | ↓ -38% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $148.96 | ↓ -33% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $156.80 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $156.80 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $158.21 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $196.00 | ↓ -12% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Blood Culture Test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $219.47 | $10.32 – $165.11 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $257.11 | $10.32 – $32.20 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $17.30 | $2.06 – $30.07 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $417.18 | $10.11 – $84.25 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $285.05 | $10.32 – $36.26 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $273.73 | $10.32 – $196.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $261.08 | $10.32 – $39.20 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $799.68 | $10.32 – $106.47 |