Ghs HIV antibody 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

$108.71

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.

$293.00

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.

$13.71 with United vs $142.00 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
United Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -87%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.45 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.45 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.45 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $16.45 ↓ -85%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $16.80 ↓ -85%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $16.80 ↓ -85%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $17.16 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $30.71 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $39.39 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $39.39 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $41.36 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $55.94 ↓ -49%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $71.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $73.57 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $77.22 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $89.46 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $90.88 ↓ -16%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $92.30 ↓ -15%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $99.40 ↓ -9%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $107.92 ↓ -1%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $113.60 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $113.60 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $122.12 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $142.00 ↑ +31%

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Ghs HIV antibody at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $107.54 $13.71 – $148.52
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8.88 $5.48 – $36.37
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $26.75 $2.74 – $40.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $270.81 $13.44 – $115.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $68.91 $13.71 – $51.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $92.58 $13.71 – $33.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $63.12 $13.71 – $51.94
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $159.12 $13.71 – $145.78

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