Change of windpipe airway 31502 at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$520.15
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.
$1,402.00
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.
$59.57 with Care 1st vs $10,129.00 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.
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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $143.56 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $194.20 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↓ -43% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | ↓ -43% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $324.57 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $660.93 | ↑ +27% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $701.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $894.00 | ↑ +72% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $911.30 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $981.40 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,065.52 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,107.58 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,121.60 | ↑ +116% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,233.76 | ↑ +137% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,233.76 | ↑ +137% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,427.00 | ↑ +174% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $2,895.00 | ↑ +457% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +512% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,441.00 | ↑ +562% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +587% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +620% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,116.00 | ↑ +691% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +739% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +1032% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,081.00 | ↑ +1838% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,129.00 | ↑ +1847% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10,129.00 | ↑ +1847% |
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Change of windpipe airway 31502 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $514.54 | $59.57 – $12,607.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $201.92 | $90.12 – $521.66 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $471.24 | $319.18 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $323.14 | $59.57 – $739.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $245.40 | $59.57 – $1,149.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,080.18 | $336.29 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $676.77 | $304.63 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $139.90 | $24.50 – $245.00 |