Mayo chrcb tissue culture non-neoplastic disorders lymphocyte 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

$81.25

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.

$219.00

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.

$74.06 with Western Growers vs $334.76 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.

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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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $74.06 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $93.32 ↑ +15%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $96.28 ↑ +18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $103.69 ↑ +28%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $112.58 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↑ +43%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↑ +43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↑ +43%
United Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↑ +43%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↑ +43%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $118.50 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $127.39 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Options PPO $139.79 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|HMO $139.79 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $139.79 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $139.79 ↑ +72%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $141.88 ↑ +75%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $141.88 ↑ +75%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $144.85 ↑ +78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $148.12 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $148.12 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $148.12 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $148.12 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $148.12 ↑ +82%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $260.94 ↑ +221%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $334.76 ↑ +312%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $334.76 ↑ +312%

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Mayo chrcb tissue culture non-neoplastic disorders lymphocyte at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $80.38 $74.06 – $334.76
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.89 $41.85 – $309.09
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $118.36 $23.30 – $166.62
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $161.93 $114.16 – $807.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $166.92 $60.00 – $300.15
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $137.00 $9.21 – $15.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $152.88 $32.40 – $352.86
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $161.93 $116.49 – $1,020.32

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