Balloon dilate urtrl strix 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

$106.85

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.

$288.00

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.

$158.40 with Western Growers vs $8,247.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $158.40 ↑ +48%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $187.20 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $201.60 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $218.88 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $224.64 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Options PPO $224.64 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $227.52 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $230.40 ↑ +116%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $256.32 ↑ +140%
United Commercial|HMO $270.72 ↑ +153%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $288.00 ↑ +170%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $288.00 ↑ +170%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $288.00 ↑ +170%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,573.00 ↑ +3244%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,747.00 ↑ +3407%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,460.00 ↑ +4074%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,109.00 ↑ +5617%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,247.00 ↑ +7618%

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Balloon dilate urtrl strix at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $699.92 – $1,686.81
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $291.71 $179.82 – $1,217.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $629.16 $699.92 – $1,440.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $593.49 $396.90 – $1,440.60
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,715.35 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,694.40 $1,200.00 – $5,357.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $2,995.30 $924.00 – $3,773.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $133.39 $129.50 – $259.00

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