Cmv pcr-sendout 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

$84.22

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.

$227.00

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.

$20.00 with Western Growers vs $100.84 with Cigna — 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $20.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $25.20 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $25.60 ↓ -70%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $26.00 ↓ -69%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $28.00 ↓ -67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $30.40 ↓ -64%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $32.00 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $32.00 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $34.40 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.00 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $40.00 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|HMO $40.00 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.00 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $40.00 ↓ -53%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.00 ↓ -53%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $40.00 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $40.00 ↓ -53%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $40.00 ↓ -53%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $40.00 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $78.60 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.84 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.84 ↑ +20%

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Cmv pcr-sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $83.31 $20.00 – $100.84
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17.52 $10.80 – $93.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $18.41 $7.02 – $51.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $147.90 $34.39 – $277.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $47.08 $20.00 – $90.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $58.43 $35.09 – $85.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $43.12 $10.80 – $106.29
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $147.90 $35.09 – $350.32

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