Cath stripping venous s&i 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

$2,771.75

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.

$7,471.00

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.

$99.36 with LA Care vs $7,022.74 with United — 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $99.36 ↓ -96%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $139.60 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $139.60 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $239.46 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $323.91 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $585.16 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $595.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $624.54 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $801.97 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,082.50 ↓ -61%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,735.50 ↑ +35%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $4,856.15 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,229.70 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,677.96 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,827.38 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,827.38 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,902.09 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,976.80 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|HMO $7,022.74 ↑ +153%

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Cath stripping venous s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,741.86 $99.36 – $7,396.29
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $367.92 $150.32 – $655.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $302.17 $99.36 – $706.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $276.76 $99.36 – $705.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,151.79 $99.36 – $6,089.16
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $802.56 $685.31 – $818.71
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $3,769.29 $99.36 – $7,245.81
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $261.15 $99.36 – $936.00

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