CT t-spine w /wo contrast at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$3,729.30
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.
$10,052.00
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.
$226.19 with Kaiser vs $8,041.60 with MultiPlan — 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 | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -94% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -94% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $248.81 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $389.24 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $389.24 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.74 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $401.74 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $401.74 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $506.67 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $667.67 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $903.15 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $991.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,130.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,130.00 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,358.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,536.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,613.24 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,833.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,026.00 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $6,533.80 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,036.40 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,639.52 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,041.60 | ↑ +116% |
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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,689.09 | $226.19 – $7,941.08 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,148.39 | $226.19 – $3,825.90 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,795.19 | $35.60 – $3,060.35 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,113.88 | $236.37 – $2,039.84 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,793.37 | $226.19 – $7,238.28 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,935.40 | $277.04 – $1,918.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,032.91 | $226.19 – $1,768.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,388.15 | $249.04 – $2,577.85 |