Blood occult feces 1-3 determinations other than neoplasm screening qualitative at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield

2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$67.16

Cash price

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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.

$181.00

Gross charge

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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.

$2.56 with Molina vs $33.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $2.56 ↓ -96%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $3.60 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $3.60 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.23 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.23 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.23 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.23 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.23 ↓ -94%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4.23 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.08 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.08 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $5.08 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.08 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $6.17 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $8.35 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.48 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12.16 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.16 ↓ -82%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.44 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18.30 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $20.79 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $21.12 ↓ -69%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $21.45 ↓ -68%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $23.10 ↓ -66%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $25.08 ↓ -63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $26.40 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $26.40 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $28.38 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $33.00 ↓ -51%

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Blood occult feces 1-3 determinations other than neoplasm screening qualitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.43 $2.56 – $26.07
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $32.42 $3.87 – $13.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $97.92 $4.15 – $25.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $51.36 $2.56 – $15.68
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $80.59 $2.56 – $10.37
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $47.04 $2.56 – $15.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $116.79 $4.23 – $32.78
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $82.11 $4.23 – $37.17

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