Tb test cell mediated immunity antigen response enumeration gamma interferon t-cells 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

$30.43

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.

$82.00

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.

$41.00 with Western Growers vs $287.37 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 $41.00 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $51.66 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $52.48 ↑ +72%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $53.30 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $57.40 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $62.32 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $65.60 ↑ +116%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $65.60 ↑ +116%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $69.78 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $70.52 ↑ +132%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +169%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $82.00 ↑ +169%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $82.00 ↑ +169%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +169%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $82.00 ↑ +169%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $82.00 ↑ +169%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +169%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +169%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $82.00 ↑ +169%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +169%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +169%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $82.00 ↑ +169%
United Medicare|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +169%
United Commercial|HMO $82.00 ↑ +169%
United Commercial|Options PPO $82.00 ↑ +169%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $82.00 ↑ +169%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $82.00 ↑ +169%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $82.00 ↑ +169%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $183.68 ↑ +504%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $287.37 ↑ +844%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $287.37 ↑ +844%

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Tb test cell mediated immunity antigen response enumeration gamma interferon t-cells at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $28.03 $18.04 – $115.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $204.16 $69.78 – $317.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $186.99 $69.78 – $317.52
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $116.07 $58.24 – $416.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $145.50 $62.80 – $348.90
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $129.00 $62.80 – $348.90
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $141.94 $69.78 – $363.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $130.08 $69.78 – $319.20

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