Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$9,518.01
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.
$25,655.00
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.
$195.09 with LA Care vs $13,790.00 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $274.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $274.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $470.17 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $635.99 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,839.90 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↓ -38% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $6,901.70 | ↓ -27% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,432.60 | ↓ -22% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,069.68 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,282.04 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8,282.04 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,388.22 | ↓ -12% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,494.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8,639.00 | ↓ -9% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $9,450.02 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,980.92 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,790.00 | ↑ +45% |
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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $9,415.39 | $195.09 – $25,398.45 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,458.01 | $295.15 – $6,158.10 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $11,124.15 | $195.09 – $25,471.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $10,188.48 | $195.09 – $25,471.18 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $427.38 | $3,982.87 – $6,972.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,628.53 | $195.09 – $7,614.60 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $11,132.28 | $1,716.00 – $12,908.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $14,403.36 | $1,200.00 – $15,436.00 |