Blood occult feces colorectal neoplasm screening qualitative 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

$74.58

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.

$201.00

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.

$4.10 with Kern Health System vs $49.00 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
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $4.10 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $4.10 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $4.19 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -94%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.26 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.26 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $5.26 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.26 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.81 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $10.10 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12.60 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.60 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $13.66 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.44 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18.30 ↓ -75%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $24.50 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $28.09 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $31.36 ↓ -58%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $31.85 ↓ -57%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $34.30 ↓ -54%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $37.24 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $38.49 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $39.20 ↓ -47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39.20 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $49.00 ↓ -34%

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Blood occult feces colorectal neoplasm screening qualitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $73.77 $4.10 – $38.71
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $37.67 $4.38 – $13.67
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.76 $0.88 – $13.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $111.69 $4.29 – $20.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $62.49 $3.56 – $11.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $56.61 $4.19 – $83.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $57.24 $3.24 – $13.28
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $77.01 $4.38 – $25.91

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