Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$49.72
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.
$134.00
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.
$28.64 with LA Care vs $107.12 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.
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 |
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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $37.27 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $37.27 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $37.27 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $37.27 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $37.27 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $37.27 | ↓ -25% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $37.27 | ↓ -25% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $40.24 | ↓ -19% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.24 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $44.72 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.72 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $44.72 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $44.72 | ↓ -10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $48.50 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $61.11 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $62.08 | ↑ +25% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $63.05 | ↑ +27% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $67.90 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $69.02 | ↑ +39% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $73.72 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $77.60 | ↑ +56% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $77.60 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $83.42 | ↑ +68% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $83.48 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $93.37 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $97.00 | ↑ +95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $97.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $97.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $107.12 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $107.12 | ↑ +115% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $49.18 | $28.64 – $107.12 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $165.57 | $37.27 – $294.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $62.50 | $7.45 – $50.44 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $932.79 | $36.52 – $336.45 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $205.87 | $28.64 – $96.05 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $271.73 | $28.64 – $91.32 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $188.56 | $25.38 – $112.91 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,072.02 | $37.27 – $425.19 |