Fibrinogen test cost in Bakersfield, CA
In Bakersfield-Delano, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for fibrinogen blood test: from $40.74 to $131.36, with a median of $41.19. The lowest listed price is at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital — $0.45 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $144.04 at 199 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 85384, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Bakersfield-Delano, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital lowest Bakersfield, CA · (661) 327-1792 FIBRINOGEN ACTIVITY | $40.74 | $111.00 | $9.72–$111.00 | 63% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Bakersfield, CA · (661) 632-5000 FIBRINOGEN ACTIVITY | $41.19 | $111.00 | $9.72–$111.00 | 63% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Ridgecrest, CA · (760) 446-3551 Fibrinogen | $131.36 | $247.85 | — | 47% | Sep 11, 2026 source file |
| Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Ridgecrest, CA · (760) 446-3551 Fibrinogen activity | $131.36 | $247.85 | — | 47% | Sep 11, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $40.74, median $41.19, highest $131.36 — a 3.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $108.71. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A fibrinogen test measures a clotting protein. It is used for unexplained bleeding, before some surgeries and in severe illness to check clotting.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 85384 ($75.77). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Kern Valley Healthcare District Mountain Mesa, CAFibrinogen (factor 1) activity measurement | $2.16 | file |