Ablation cryo thigh/knee at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$259.33
Cash price 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.
$699.00
Gross charge 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.
$188.73 with Kern Health System vs $4,619.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.73 | ↓ -27% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $188.73 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $304.79 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $304.79 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $304.79 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $304.79 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $304.79 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $304.79 | ↑ +18% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $304.79 | ↑ +18% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $335.27 | ↑ +29% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $384.45 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $454.35 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $489.30 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $531.24 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $545.22 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $545.22 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $552.21 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $559.20 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $657.06 | ↑ +153% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $682.73 | ↑ +163% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +1016% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $2,895.00 | ↑ +1016% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,441.00 | ↑ +1227% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +1278% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +1345% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,116.00 | ↑ +1487% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +1681% |
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Ablation cryo thigh/knee at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $256.54 | $188.73 – $552.21 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,334.27 | $332.35 – $3,982.87 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $584.48 | $202.65 – $810.60 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $366.68 | $101.64 – $304.92 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $304.79 – $519.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $332.41 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $304.79 – $304.79 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $304.79 – $304.79 |