Cllr miami j sm 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

$706.76

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.

$1,905.00

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.

$43.75 with Kern Health System vs $175.00 with Care 1st — 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
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $43.75 ↓ -94%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $43.75 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $54.25 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $54.25 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $68.25 ↓ -90%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $70.00 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $77.00 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $84.00 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $84.00 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $85.75 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $87.50 ↓ -88%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $87.50 ↓ -88%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $89.25 ↓ -87%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $92.75 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $120.75 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $120.75 ↓ -83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $122.50 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $129.50 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $129.50 ↓ -82%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $133.00 ↓ -81%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $140.00 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $154.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $157.50 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $166.25 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $166.25 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $166.25 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $175.00 ↓ -75%

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Cllr miami j sm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $699.14 $43.75 – $175.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $977.62 $143.04 – $464.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $928.84 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $150.23 $101.50 – $203.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $137.60 $38.57 – $203.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $863.82 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $995.19 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $610.38 not published

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