Ascenda two piece catheter at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$21,601.48
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.
$58,225.00
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.
$11,148.75 with Kern Health System vs $42,365.25 with Aetna — 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 | $11,148.75 | ↓ -48% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $11,148.75 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $13,824.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $13,824.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $17,392.05 | ↓ -19% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $17,838.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $19,621.80 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21,405.60 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $21,405.60 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $21,851.55 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $22,297.50 | ↑ +3% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $22,297.50 | ↑ +3% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $22,743.45 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $23,635.35 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $30,770.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $30,770.55 | ↑ +42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $31,216.50 | ↑ +45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $33,000.30 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33,000.30 | ↑ +53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $33,892.20 | ↑ +57% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $35,676.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39,243.60 | ↑ +82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $40,135.50 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $42,365.25 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $42,365.25 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $42,365.25 | ↑ +96% |
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Ascenda two piece catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $21,368.58 | $11,148.75 – $43,257.15 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $22,951.20 | $9,631.92 – $31,303.74 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $38,632.50 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $22,428.49 | $9,231.28 – $39,333.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $20,541.98 | $7,625.84 – $39,333.28 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $36,345.46 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $15,172.50 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $17,850.00 | not published |