Adj gastric band via subq port at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
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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.
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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.
$1,191.26 with Humana vs $5,909.00 with Health Net — 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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| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | — |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | — |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,310.39 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,668.42 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,157.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,943.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,909.00 | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Adj gastric band via subq port at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $1,191.26 – $1,191.26 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $3,113.28 | $991.55 – $4,971.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $1,894.71 | $196.79 – $1,540.06 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,507.47 | $626.15 – $1,789.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $2,689.94 | $196.79 – $1,789.00 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $1,894.71 | $196.79 – $1,789.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,991.52 | $626.15 – $1,484.87 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $1,191.26 – $2,072.04 |