An cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$263.04

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.

$709.00

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.

$268.40 with Western Growers vs $7,065.00 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.

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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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $268.40 ↑ +2%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $317.20 ↑ +21%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $341.03 ↑ +30%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $341.60 ↑ +30%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $370.88 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|Options PPO $380.64 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $380.64 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $385.52 ↑ +47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $390.40 ↑ +48%
United Commercial|HMO $458.72 ↑ +74%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $479.15 ↑ +82%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $479.15 ↑ +82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $488.00 ↑ +86%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $488.00 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $488.00 ↑ +86%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $488.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $488.00 ↑ +86%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $488.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $488.00 ↑ +86%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $536.80 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,093.12 ↑ +316%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,185.00 ↑ +1111%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,573.00 ↑ +1258%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,747.00 ↑ +1324%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,363.00 ↑ +1559%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,426.00 ↑ +1583%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +1605%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02 ↑ +1605%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,890.00 ↑ +2139%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7,065.00 ↑ +2586%

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An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $260.21 $333.30 – $606.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,801.06 $515.95 – $8,224.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $341.39 $268.14 – $705.81
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,326.33 $568.96 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,789.04 $341.03 – $1,738.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,457.83 $341.03 – $1,762.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,794.40 $757.07 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,937.82 $4,604.99 – $17,611.00

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