Bone imaging multiple areas at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$673.37
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.
$1,815.00
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.
$161.97 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,976.45 with Cigna — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $227.57 | ↓ -66% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $227.57 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $390.35 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -24% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -24% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $528.02 | ↓ -22% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $561.63 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $795.44 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $834.94 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↑ +26% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $907.50 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,109.55 | ↑ +65% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,143.68 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,179.75 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,270.50 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,379.40 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,452.00 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,520.65 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,815.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,976.45 | ↑ +194% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,976.45 | ↑ +194% |
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Bone imaging multiple areas at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $666.11 | $161.97 – $1,976.45 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,368.75 | $245.04 – $2,437.50 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,541.96 | $80.37 – $2,229.06 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,613.72 | $161.97 – $2,875.32 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,244.00 | $567.62 – $1,023.38 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,244.59 | $161.97 – $4,524.76 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,677.39 | $556.27 – $870.65 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,446.72 | $437.05 – $951.22 |