Core ndl bx lng/med perq at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,456.92
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.
$3,927.00
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.
$878.63 with Kaiser 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $878.63 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $894.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,234.48 | ↓ -15% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,234.48 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,427.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +41% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,117.50 | ↑ +45% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,159.85 | ↑ +48% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,264.55 | ↑ +55% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,552.55 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,748.90 | ↑ +89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,864.33 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,984.52 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,063.06 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,063.06 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,102.33 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,141.60 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +119% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,691.38 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +199% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,611.44 | ↑ +217% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,981.00 | ↑ +242% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +304% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,921.00 | ↑ +306% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,080.00 | ↑ +386% |
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Core ndl bx lng/med perq at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,441.21 | $878.63 – $3,102.33 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,497.92 | $1,329.27 – $4,448.34 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,806.12 | $324.05 – $3,356.20 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,036.03 | $593.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,163.12 | $878.63 – $3,665.20 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,363.64 | $878.63 – $3,478.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,822.41 | $878.63 – $3,665.20 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,375.69 | $1,727.00 – $7,455.00 |