Ablate bone tumor(s) perq 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

$13,004.30

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.

$35,052.00

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.

$3,573.00 with Aetna vs $36,620.82 with Kaiser — 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
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,573.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,747.00 ↓ -71%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,460.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,109.00 ↓ -53%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $6,516.66 ↓ -50%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $6,516.66 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,247.00 ↓ -37%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $8,571.00 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,639.00 ↓ -34%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10,189.00 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $11,178.04 ↓ -14%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $12,184.00 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13,790.00 ↑ +6%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $14,612.95 ↑ +12%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $15,120.50 ↑ +16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58 ↑ +26%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58 ↑ +26%
United Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58 ↑ +26%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16,348.58 ↑ +26%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $17,269.85 ↑ +33%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $17,983.44 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18,598.30 ↑ +43%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20,192.44 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20,723.82 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20,723.82 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $20,989.51 ↑ +61%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $21,255.20 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|HMO $24,974.86 ↑ +92%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $36,620.82 ↑ +182%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,864.09 $4,220.73 – $20,989.51
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $16,477.13 $5,191.50 – $29,342.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13,978.48 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,878.45 $1,509.00 – $5,716.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,802.72 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,426.76 $0.80 – $7,529.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $8,803.62 $4,042.00 – $24,397.68
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $15,070.56 $3,429.00 – $21,313.00

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