Device sut capio slim opn 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

$920.08

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.

$2,480.00

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.

$476.25 with Kern Health System vs $1,809.75 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
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $476.25 ↓ -48%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $476.25 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $590.55 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $590.55 ↓ -36%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $742.95 ↓ -19%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $762.00 ↓ -17%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $838.20 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $914.40 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|Options PPO $914.40 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $933.45 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|HMO $952.50 ↑ +4%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $952.50 ↑ +4%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $971.55 ↑ +6%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1,009.65 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,314.45 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,314.45 ↑ +43%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,333.50 ↑ +45%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,409.70 ↑ +53%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,409.70 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,447.80 ↑ +57%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,524.00 ↑ +66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,676.40 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,714.50 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,809.75 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,809.75 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,809.75 ↑ +97%

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Device sut capio slim opn at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $910.16 $476.25 – $1,847.85
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $411.60 – $1,337.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7,029.06 $992.61 – $2,348.37
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,138.40 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,734.92 $513.36 – $2,187.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,504.88 $424.08 – $2,187.36
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,929.48 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,860.95 not published

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