Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 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

$700.45

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.

$1,888.00

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.

$67.21 with Kaiser vs $8,247.00 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $67.21 ↓ -90%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $103.56 ↓ -85%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $103.56 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $177.64 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $240.29 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $894.00 ↑ +28%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,038.40 ↑ +48%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +70%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +70%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,227.20 ↑ +75%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,310.39 ↑ +87%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,321.60 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,427.00 ↑ +104%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,434.88 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,472.64 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,472.64 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,491.52 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,510.40 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|HMO $1,774.72 ↑ +153%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,668.42 ↑ +281%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $4,157.00 ↑ +493%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,460.00 ↑ +537%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,911.00 ↑ +601%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,943.00 ↑ +606%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,153.00 ↑ +636%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,909.00 ↑ +744%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,109.00 ↑ +772%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,247.00 ↑ +1077%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $67.21 – $1,191.26
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $508.52 $82.67 – $2,072.04
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $321.78 $187.51 – $447.17
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,660.05 $593.00 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $861.14 $67.21 – $1,971.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,215.12 $50.97 – $193.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $788.71 $67.21 – $1,971.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,660.16 $1,287.79 – $7,455.00

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