Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$42.30
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.
$114.00
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.
$8.19 with Humana vs $111.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $8.19 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $8.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8.19 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8.19 | ↓ -81% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $8.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.48 | ↓ -78% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.48 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.68 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.83 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.83 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9.83 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9.83 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $18.35 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $23.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.52 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $23.52 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $31.56 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $43.89 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $46.07 | ↑ +9% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $55.50 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $69.93 | ↑ +65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $71.04 | ↑ +68% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $72.15 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $77.70 | ↑ +84% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $84.36 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $88.80 | ↑ +110% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $88.80 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.46 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $111.00 | ↑ +162% |
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Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $41.84 | $8.19 – $87.69 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $70.08 | $8.19 – $25.56 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $6.89 | $1.64 – $11.14 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $143.31 | $8.03 – $66.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $218.28 | $8.19 – $29.40 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $47.29 | $8.19 – $69.58 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $199.92 | $8.10 – $29.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $300.39 | $8.19 – $84.38 |