Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$183.28
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.
$494.00
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.
$99.36 with BCBS - Anthem vs $936.54 with Cigna — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -46% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $139.60 | ↓ -24% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $139.60 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +23% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +23% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $239.46 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $247.00 | ↑ +35% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $248.81 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $311.22 | ↑ +70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $311.71 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $321.10 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $323.91 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $327.19 | ↑ +79% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $345.80 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $375.44 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $395.20 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.74 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $401.74 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $401.74 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $424.84 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $494.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $506.67 | ↑ +176% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $936.54 | ↑ +411% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $936.54 | ↑ +411% |
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Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $181.30 | $99.36 – $936.54 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $230.39 | $142.02 – $864.73 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $334.05 | $236.37 – $439.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $243.11 | $99.36 – $839.73 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $202.67 | $99.36 – $987.17 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,076.10 | $249.04 – $575.62 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,105.68 | $225.59 – $629.44 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $747.15 | $235.54 – $251.09 |