Bronchoscopy/lung bx addl 31632 at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$829.19
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.
$2,235.00
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.
$68.02 with Care 1st vs $5,890.00 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.
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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $68.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $104.88 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $104.88 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $179.91 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $243.36 | ↓ -71% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,117.50 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,452.75 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,564.50 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,698.60 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,743.30 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,743.30 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,765.65 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,788.00 | ↑ +116% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,810.35 | ↑ +118% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,989.15 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,100.90 | ↑ +153% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +284% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +426% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +457% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,911.00 | ↑ +492% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,153.00 | ↑ +521% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +610% |
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Bronchoscopy/lung bx addl 31632 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $820.25 | $68.02 – $2,212.65 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $782.71 | $83.66 – $1,393.86 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $1,180.26 | $206.70 – $1,653.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $599.47 | $59.28 – $1,712.76 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,171.11 | $68.02 – $2,251.26 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,387.47 | $68.02 – $4,973.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $630.48 | $47.49 – $1,909.83 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $501.62 | $47.49 – $1,840.80 |