Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$212.59
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.
$573.00
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.
$142.63 with LA Care vs $357.00 with Health Net — 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 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.63 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $171.25 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $171.25 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $171.25 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $171.25 | ↓ -19% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $178.50 | ↓ -16% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $200.40 | ↓ -6% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $200.40 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $224.91 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $228.48 | ↑ +7% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $232.05 | ↑ +9% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $249.90 | ↑ +18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $271.32 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $285.60 | ↑ +34% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $285.60 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $307.02 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $319.49 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $343.74 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $357.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $357.00 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $357.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $357.00 | ↑ +68% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $131.02 | $142.63 – $282.03 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $191.25 | $139.78 – $348.15 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $286.76 | $142.63 – $419.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $251.67 | $115.54 – $419.34 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $262.65 | $142.63 – $439.98 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $131.07 | $142.63 – $831.62 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $203.85 | $35.70 – $285.60 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $188.70 | $142.63 – $489.22 |