Acute venous thrombus image 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

$741.63

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.

$1,999.00

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.

$213.21 with Partnership Health Plan vs $6,851.62 with Cigna — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $213.21 ↓ -71%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $299.56 ↓ -60%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $299.56 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $513.84 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $695.06 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $831.40 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $872.68 ↑ +18%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $999.50 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,259.37 ↑ +70%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,299.35 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,399.30 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,519.24 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,599.20 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +124%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +124%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +124%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +124%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +124%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +124%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +124%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,719.14 ↑ +132%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,824.61 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,999.00 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,999.00 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,999.00 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|HMO $1,999.00 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,999.00 ↑ +170%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,715.58 ↑ +401%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,851.62 ↑ +824%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,851.62 ↑ +824%

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Acute venous thrombus image at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $733.64 $213.21 – $6,851.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,656.34 $213.21 – $3,920.98
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $553.61 $213.21 – $1,826.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,113.43 $213.21 – $1,089.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $945.26 $213.21 – $4,347.16
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $926.96 – $2,035.50
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $1,171.45 – $2,035.50
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $1,328.43 – $2,035.50

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