Consultation pathology during surgery at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$79.77
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.
$215.00
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.
$34.50 with Western Growers vs $154.56 with Kaiser — 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $34.50 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $40.61 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.61 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $40.61 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $40.61 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $43.47 | ↓ -46% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $44.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.63 | ↓ -43% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.63 | ↓ -43% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.59 | ↓ -42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $48.30 | ↓ -39% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $52.44 | ↓ -34% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $55.20 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.34 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $69.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $69.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $69.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $69.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $69.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $69.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $69.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $69.00 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $69.00 | ↓ -14% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $69.00 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -5% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $75.90 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $102.43 | ↑ +28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $102.43 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $154.56 | ↑ +94% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $78.91 | $34.50 – $102.43 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $351.90 | $66.86 – $236.26 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $177.62 | $40.61 – $129.36 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $162.51 | $46.59 – $239.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $162.68 | $35.64 – $129.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $286.11 | $66.86 – $298.57 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $591.09 | $66.86 – $338.58 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $318.24 | $339.38 – $339.38 |