Bronchial valve remov addl at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,714.77
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.
$4,622.00
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.
$61.80 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,080.00 with Health Net — 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 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $86.83 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $86.83 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $148.94 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $201.47 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +28% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,311.00 | ↑ +35% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,410.22 | ↑ +41% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,004.30 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,235.40 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,512.72 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,605.16 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,605.16 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,651.38 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,697.60 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,344.68 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +154% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,908.09 | ↑ +186% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,981.00 | ↑ +190% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +243% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,921.00 | ↑ +245% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,080.00 | ↑ +313% |
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Bronchial valve remov addl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,696.28 | $61.80 – $3,651.38 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $3,413.44 | $597.80 – $4,782.40 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,589.66 | $61.80 – $4,541.88 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $2,492.09 | $61.80 – $4,790.61 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $93.49 – $4,012.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2,398.61 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $61.80 – $2,191.11 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $61.80 – $61.80 |