Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$2,550.63
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.
$6,875.00
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.
$154.13 with Kaiser vs $8,145.80 with Kaiser — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $154.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $216.55 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $216.55 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $371.45 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $502.46 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $894.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,427.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,625.70 | ↑ +3% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,103.10 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +25% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,341.80 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,628.24 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +43% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,636.52 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,723.72 | ↑ +46% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,723.72 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,771.46 | ↑ +48% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,819.20 | ↑ +50% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,000.17 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,487.56 | ↑ +76% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,981.00 | ↑ +95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,921.00 | ↑ +132% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,080.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,145.80 | ↑ +219% |
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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,523.13 | $154.13 – $3,771.46 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,011.78 | $233.18 – $4,620.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,835.93 | $154.13 – $6,298.46 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $173.83 | $53.04 – $200.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,493.52 | $154.13 – $4,870.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,139.78 | $1,727.00 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,972.90 | $1,802.00 – $9,858.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,174.75 | $721.00 – $3,982.87 |