Ghs reticulocyte count 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

$146.55

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.

$395.00

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.

$3.71 with Kern Health System vs $316.00 with MultiPlan — 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
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $3.71 ↓ -97%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $3.71 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $3.79 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -97%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.17 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.17 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $5.17 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.17 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $9.13 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.65 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $12.36 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12.38 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.38 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.04 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $24.19 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $48.12 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $65.94 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $89.01 ↓ -39%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $197.50 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $252.80 ↑ +73%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $256.75 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $276.50 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $300.20 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $316.00 ↑ +116%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $316.00 ↑ +116%

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Ghs reticulocyte count at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $144.97 $3.71 – $312.05
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.75 $0.86 – $12.61
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $51.29 $3.79 – $75.46
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $254.67 $4.31 – $356.80
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $112.61 $3.66 – $314.06
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $211.67 $3.79 – $386.34
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $90.47 $3.79 – $162.68
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $112.70 $4.31 – $11.48

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