Ablate pulm tumor perq rf 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

$5,458.53

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.

$14,713.00

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.

$2,589.72 with Kaiser vs $16,605.43 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $2,589.72 ↓ -53%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $3,638.56 ↓ -33%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $3,638.56 ↓ -33%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,873.00 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,182.00 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $6,241.23 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,922.00 ↑ +27%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $7,152.00 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,261.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,413.14 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,413.14 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7,413.14 ↑ +36%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,413.14 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7,413.14 ↑ +36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,413.14 ↑ +36%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $7,413.14 ↑ +36%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $7,839.15 ↑ +44%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $8,154.45 ↑ +49%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $8,442.49 ↑ +55%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8,503.00 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $8,588.00 ↑ +57%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $9,264.45 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,977.10 ↑ +83%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,169.00 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,832.28 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,117.34 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,117.34 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11,259.87 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,402.40 ↑ +109%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11,765.00 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|HMO $13,397.82 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $15,883.00 ↑ +191%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16,605.43 ↑ +204%

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Ablate pulm tumor perq rf at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,399.68 $2,589.72 – $11,259.87
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9,475.26 $3,917.99 – $16,873.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,601.05 $2,589.72 – $15,114.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,045.82 $2,589.72 – $15,114.54
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,394.42 $1,416.24 – $6,744.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $9,123.84 $6,609.22 – $14,384.78
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $7,468.02 $2,589.72 – $6,244.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $9,143.55 $2,589.72 – $25,088.80

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