Catheter stripping venous at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$3,068.17
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.
$8,270.00
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.
$835.43 with Kaiser vs $8,958.23 with Kaiser — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $835.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,289.61 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,289.61 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,212.07 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,992.26 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +30% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,399.13 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,460.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,548.50 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +51% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $5,375.50 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,789.00 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,109.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,285.20 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,450.60 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,450.60 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,533.30 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,616.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,922.00 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,261.00 | ↑ +137% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,773.80 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,247.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,958.23 | ↑ +192% |
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Catheter stripping venous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,308.14 | $835.43 – $7,121.06 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,913.19 | $1,027.58 – $7,477.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,162.30 | $835.43 – $7,095.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,812.20 | $835.43 – $6,875.68 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,281.04 | $728.03 – $8,132.88 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,084.48 | $3,451.89 – $7,883.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $2,937.73 | $906.24 – $3,700.48 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,749.33 | $835.43 – $9,129.78 |