Bln press regulation 71-80cm 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

$12,725.30

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.

$34,300.00

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.

$3,001.25 with Kern Health System vs $11,404.75 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.

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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
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $3,001.25 ↓ -76%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $3,001.25 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $3,721.55 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $3,721.55 ↓ -71%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $4,681.95 ↓ -63%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $4,802.00 ↓ -62%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,282.20 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,762.40 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,762.40 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,882.45 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|HMO $6,002.50 ↓ -53%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $6,002.50 ↓ -53%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $6,122.55 ↓ -52%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,362.65 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $8,283.45 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,283.45 ↓ -35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,403.50 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8,883.70 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,883.70 ↓ -30%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,123.80 ↓ -28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,604.00 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10,564.40 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,804.50 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11,404.75 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11,404.75 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11,404.75 ↓ -10%

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Bln press regulation 71-80cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,588.10 $3,001.25 – $11,644.85
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13,521.06 $2,592.48 – $8,425.56
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $24,106.68 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13,212.36 $1,910.61 – $8,140.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,101.04 $1,578.33 – $8,140.86
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $19,180.96 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $9,467.64 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $11,138.40 not published

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