Bronch ebus samplng 3/> node at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$4,477.97
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.
$12,070.00
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.
$878.26 with Kaiser vs $11,345.80 with United — 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 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,233.96 | ↓ -72% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,233.96 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,116.61 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,863.13 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,873.00 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +5% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,911.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,153.00 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $5,153.10 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,035.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +38% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $7,845.50 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,449.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,173.20 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,414.60 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,414.60 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,535.30 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,656.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10,493.59 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,345.80 | ↑ +153% |
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Bronch ebus samplng 3/> node at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,429.69 | $878.26 – $9,535.30 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,265.88 | $878.26 – $9,767.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,907.07 | $878.26 – $9,767.66 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $7,517.79 | $1,316.60 – $10,532.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,398.64 | $878.26 – $9,710.40 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $6,251.59 | $878.26 – $12,017.61 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $5,125.05 | $1,528.00 – $10,302.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $3,337.32 | $239.46 – $10,109.40 |