Dermagraft 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

$2,634.10

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.

$7,100.00

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.

$16.25 with Care 1st vs $6,745.00 with Aetna — 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
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $16.25 ↓ -99%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $22.83 ↓ -99%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $22.83 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $39.16 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $52.75 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $52.98 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Options PPO $84.05 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $84.05 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $84.05 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $180.24 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $246.91 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $333.19 ↓ -87%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $2,769.00 ↑ +5%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $2,840.00 ↑ +8%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,124.00 ↑ +19%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,550.00 ↑ +35%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3,621.00 ↑ +37%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $3,763.00 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,899.00 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,970.00 ↑ +89%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,254.00 ↑ +99%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,254.00 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,396.00 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,680.00 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,248.00 ↑ +137%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,390.00 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,745.00 ↑ +156%

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Dermagraft at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,605.70 $16.25 – $6,887.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,797.95 $24.59 – $4,982.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,811.33 $47.35 – $109.52
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,043.70 $16.25 – $3,550.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,462.60 $16.25 – $2,726.40
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $21.00 $89.43 – $131.99
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $2,738.74 $16.25 – $6,846.84
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $3,450.75 $14.63 – $8,025.00

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