Cardiac perf planar sgl/ef/wm at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield

2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,306.30

Cash price

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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.

$3,521.00

Gross charge

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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.

$176.60 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,851.62 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $176.60 ↓ -86%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $248.12 ↓ -81%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $248.12 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $425.61 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $575.72 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,015.62 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,066.04 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,248.93 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +27%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +27%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +27%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,711.68 ↑ +31%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,760.50 ↑ +35%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,824.61 ↑ +40%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $2,288.65 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,310.43 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,464.70 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,675.96 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,816.80 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,938.37 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,938.37 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,938.37 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|HMO $2,938.37 ↑ +125%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,715.58 ↑ +184%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,851.62 ↑ +425%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,851.62 ↑ +425%

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Cardiac perf planar sgl/ef/wm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,292.21 $176.60 – $6,851.62
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,895.62 $267.18 – $6,326.24
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $4,827.84 $176.60 – $3,361.40
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,896.69 $1,241.87 – $2,035.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $967.56 $176.60 – $1,754.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,908.44 $240.18 – $2,403.94
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,046.61 $176.60 – $1,848.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,024.90 $176.60 – $21,349.91

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