Urinalysis microscopic only 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

$50.83

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.

$137.00

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.

$3.05 with Humana vs $49.00 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.

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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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -94%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -94%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $3.51 ↓ -93%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $3.51 ↓ -93%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $3.59 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $3.66 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3.66 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3.66 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3.66 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6.83 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $8.65 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.75 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8.75 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $11.70 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.32 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.13 ↓ -66%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $24.50 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $30.87 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $31.36 ↓ -38%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $31.85 ↓ -37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $34.30 ↓ -33%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $37.24 ↓ -27%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39.20 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $39.20 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $42.14 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $49.00 ↓ -4%

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Urinalysis microscopic only at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $50.28 $3.05 – $38.71
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $32.85 $3.05 – $9.52
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.89 $0.61 – $9.70
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $76.50 $2.99 – $24.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $78.76 $3.05 – $7.85
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $28.64 $3.05 – $42.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.13 $2.16 – $9.23
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $106.59 $3.05 – $31.32

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