Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen 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

$40.86

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.

$110.11

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 $48.50 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 ↓ -63%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $18.90 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.20 ↓ -53%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $19.50 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20.24 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|HMO $20.24 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $20.24 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.24 ↓ -50%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.00 ↓ -49%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $21.06 ↓ -48%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $21.06 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $21.50 ↓ -47%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $22.80 ↓ -44%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.00 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $25.80 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $30.00 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.00 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $30.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↓ -27%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $37.79 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.50 ↑ +19%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $48.50 ↑ +19%

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Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $40.42 $15.00 – $48.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.14 $8.10 – $44.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $74.49 $3.37 – $77.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $283.51 $16.53 – $137.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $47.13 $15.00 – $43.49
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $19.98 $16.24 – $29.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $43.17 $8.10 – $51.12
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $283.51 $16.87 – $173.21

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