Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$70.20
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.
$189.20
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.
$94.60 with Western Growers vs $368.67 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $94.60 | ↑ +35% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.04 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $119.20 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $121.09 | ↑ +72% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $122.98 | ↑ +75% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $128.29 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $128.29 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $128.29 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $128.29 | ↑ +83% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $128.29 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $128.29 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $128.29 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $132.44 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $143.80 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $151.36 | ↑ +116% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $151.36 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $153.95 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $153.95 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $153.95 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $153.95 | ↑ +119% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $160.23 | ↑ +128% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $160.23 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $162.72 | ↑ +132% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $189.20 | ↑ +170% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $189.20 | ↑ +170% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $189.20 | ↑ +170% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $189.20 | ↑ +170% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $189.20 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $287.37 | ↑ +309% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $368.67 | ↑ +425% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $368.67 | ↑ +425% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $69.44 | $94.60 – $368.67 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $261.08 | $94.60 – $330.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $126.01 | $102.42 – $185.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $239.12 | $51.09 – $388.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $244.80 | $128.29 – $950.59 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $108.04 | $18.92 – $151.36 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $55.63 | $39.74 – $189.20 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $147.20 | $98.39 – $185.42 |