Rapid Strep Test at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$96.46
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.
$260.00
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.
$9.82 with Kern Health System vs $99.00 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 |
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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.82 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.82 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -83% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19.84 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.84 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $19.84 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19.84 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $24.17 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $32.70 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $37.03 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $47.48 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.48 | ↓ -51% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $49.50 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $49.81 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $52.28 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $62.37 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $63.36 | ↓ -34% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $64.35 | ↓ -33% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $69.30 | ↓ -28% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $75.24 | ↓ -22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $79.20 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $79.20 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.14 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $99.00 | ↑ +3% |
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Rapid Strep Test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $95.42 | $9.82 – $78.21 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $67.02 | $3.77 – $43.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $336.09 | $16.20 – $73.37 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $17.32 | $10.03 – $25.48 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $473.79 | $16.53 – $92.72 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $129.05 | $16.53 – $180.80 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $77.01 | $16.53 – $41.94 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $16.83 | $105.39 – $105.39 |