Smear wet mount at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$92.01
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.
$248.00
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.
$5.00 with Kern Health System vs $59.00 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 | $5.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $5.82 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $5.82 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $5.82 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5.82 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $5.82 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $5.82 | ↓ -94% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $5.82 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6.98 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.98 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6.98 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6.98 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $12.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $13.04 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $16.66 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $16.71 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16.71 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $22.91 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $24.05 | ↓ -74% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $29.50 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $37.17 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $37.76 | ↓ -59% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $38.35 | ↓ -58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $41.30 | ↓ -55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $44.84 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.20 | ↓ -49% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $47.20 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.74 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $59.00 | ↓ -36% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Smear wet mount at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $91.02 | $5.00 – $62.41 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $70.52 | $5.82 – $18.16 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $12.28 | $1.16 – $17.46 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $275.91 | $5.70 – $34.84 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $105.29 | $5.11 – $18.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $48.62 | $5.11 – $14.26 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $96.44 | $5.11 – $21.56 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $313.14 | $5.82 – $44.03 |