Chlnggrphy intraop addl 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

$228.17

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.

$615.00

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.

$31.01 with LA Care vs $578.10 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 $31.01 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $31.01 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $31.01 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $31.01 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $31.01 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $31.01 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $31.01 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $31.01 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $31.01 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $31.01 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $31.01 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $31.01 ↓ -86%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $43.57 ↓ -81%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $43.57 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $74.73 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $84.02 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $88.19 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $101.09 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $218.97 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $300.11 ↑ +32%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $307.50 ↑ +35%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $399.75 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $405.08 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $430.50 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $467.40 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|Options PPO $479.70 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $479.70 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $485.85 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $492.00 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|HMO $578.10 ↑ +153%

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Chlnggrphy intraop addl s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $225.71 $31.01 – $608.85
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $301.79 $46.91 – $537.42
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $298.48 $35.67 – $441.35
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $479.81 $31.01 – $685.44
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $403.79 $42.17 – $508.62
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $329.09 $31.01 – $299.97
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $528.15 $31.01 – $1,893.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $362.92 $27.91 – $844.00

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