Change cystostomy tube simple at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$324.26
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.
$874.00
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.
$67.50 with Kaiser vs $5,890.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.50 | ↓ -79% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.49 | ↓ -54% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.49 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $256.42 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↓ -5% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↓ -5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↓ -5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↓ -5% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $339.92 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $345.95 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $346.86 | ↑ +7% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $408.85 | ↑ +26% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $440.30 | ↑ +36% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $478.04 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $490.62 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $490.62 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $496.91 | ↑ +53% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $503.20 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $591.26 | ↑ +82% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $692.20 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $894.00 | ↑ +176% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,427.00 | ↑ +340% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $2,895.00 | ↑ +793% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +882% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,441.00 | ↑ +961% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +1002% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +1056% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,116.00 | ↑ +1169% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +1246% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +1716% |
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Change cystostomy tube simple at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $320.76 | $67.50 – $496.91 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $212.87 | $83.03 – $539.32 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $207.76 | $48.64 – $386.06 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,014.39 | $336.70 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $381.35 | $67.50 – $873.18 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $99.90 | $36.74 – $139.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $339.08 | $67.50 – $824.18 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,007.87 | $354.75 – $6,200.00 |