Tb test cell mediated immunity antigen response gamma interferon 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

$12.99

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.

$35.00

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.

$15.00 with Western Growers vs $178.12 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 $15.00 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $18.90 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.20 ↑ +48%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $19.50 ↑ +50%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.00 ↑ +62%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $22.80 ↑ +76%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.00 ↑ +85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.00 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $25.80 ↑ +99%
United Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +131%
United Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↑ +131%
United Commercial|Options PPO $30.00 ↑ +131%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $30.00 ↑ +131%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $30.00 ↑ +131%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $30.00 ↑ +131%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +131%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.00 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +131%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +131%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.00 ↑ +131%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +131%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↑ +131%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↑ +131%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +131%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $30.00 ↑ +131%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $67.20 ↑ +417%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $178.12 ↑ +1271%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $178.12 ↑ +1271%

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Tb test cell mediated immunity antigen response gamma interferon at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12.85 $15.00 – $178.12
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $131.40 $8.10 – $164.46
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $19.11 $12.30 – $71.59
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $621.69 $60.74 – $494.89
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $103.20 $16.24 – $30.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $882.81 $61.98 – $625.42
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $929.22 $61.98 – $709.22
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $19.99 $3.00 – $24.00

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