Convert nephrostomy catheter at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$2,187.42
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.
$5,896.00
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.
$826.13 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,080.00 with Health Net — 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 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $826.13 | ↓ -62% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,014.75 | ↓ -54% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,160.71 | ↓ -47% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,160.71 | ↓ -47% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,199.25 | ↓ -45% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,291.50 | ↓ -41% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,402.20 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,439.10 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,439.10 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,457.55 | ↓ -33% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,476.00 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,734.30 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,845.00 | ↓ -16% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,845.00 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,845.00 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,845.00 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,845.00 | ↓ -16% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,845.00 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,845.00 | ↓ -16% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,029.50 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,132.80 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +111% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,981.00 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,921.00 | ↑ +171% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,080.00 | ↑ +224% |
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Convert nephrostomy catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,114.29 | $826.13 – $4,302.34 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,049.45 | $646.92 – $4,655.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,616.99 | $826.13 – $1,773.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,540.96 | $478.71 – $1,773.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,025.66 | $826.13 – $3,858.12 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,572.95 | $2,238.00 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,072.16 | $1,894.00 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $5,653.73 | $1,123.54 – $7,121.66 |