Cath 2lum 14.5frx43cm maxid kt mahurkar 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

$417.38

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.

$1,125.00

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.

$15.00 with Kern Health System vs $57.00 with Aetna — 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
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $15.00 ↓ -96%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $15.00 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $18.60 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $18.60 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $23.40 ↓ -94%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $26.40 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $28.80 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $28.80 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $29.40 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↓ -93%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $30.00 ↓ -93%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $30.60 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $31.80 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $41.40 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $41.40 ↓ -90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $42.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $44.40 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.40 ↓ -89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $45.60 ↓ -89%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $48.00 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $52.80 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $54.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $57.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $57.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $57.00 ↓ -86%

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Cath 2lum 14.5frx43cm maxid kt mahurkar at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $412.88 $15.00 – $58.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,272.39 $32.13 – $92.82
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $754.45 $128.33 – $303.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,550.40 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,244.20 $28.06 – $119.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,139.55 $23.18 – $119.56
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,545.56 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,695.75 not published

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