Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$658.16
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.
$1,774.00
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.
$231.12 with BCBS - Anthem vs $8,247.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $231.12 | ↓ -65% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $511.90 | ↓ -22% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $511.90 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $878.06 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $887.00 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,153.10 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,187.75 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,241.80 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,348.24 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,383.72 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,383.72 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,401.46 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,419.20 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,667.56 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,774.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,774.00 | ↑ +170% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,774.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,774.00 | ↑ +170% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,774.00 | ↑ +170% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,951.40 | ↑ +196% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +233% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +233% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,873.00 | ↑ +488% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,973.76 | ↑ +504% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,460.00 | ↑ +578% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,911.00 | ↑ +646% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,981.00 | ↑ +657% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,153.00 | ↑ +683% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,921.00 | ↑ +800% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,109.00 | ↑ +828% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +839% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,080.00 | ↑ +976% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,247.00 | ↑ +1153% |
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Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $651.06 | $231.12 – $1,774.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,171.22 | $284.28 – $4,012.38 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,223.42 | $2,527.21 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $991.83 | $173.70 – $1,737.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $485.40 | $231.12 – $1,651.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,631.84 | $1,945.86 – $6,920.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,565.34 | $392.90 – $1,971.76 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $933.18 | $231.12 – $1,812.00 |