Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$84.96
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.
$229.00
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.
$114.50 with Western Growers vs $9,707.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $114.50 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +59% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +59% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +59% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $144.27 | ↑ +70% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↑ +75% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $148.85 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $160.30 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $174.04 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $180.91 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $183.20 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $196.94 | ↑ +132% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $200.89 | ↑ +136% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $200.89 | ↑ +136% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $229.00 | ↑ +170% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $229.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $229.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $302.67 | ↑ +256% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.84 | ↑ +572% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.84 | ↑ +572% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $2,895.00 | ↑ +3307% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,441.00 | ↑ +3950% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,116.00 | ↑ +4745% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,122.00 | ↑ +10637% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,707.00 | ↑ +11325% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,707.00 | ↑ +11325% |
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Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $84.05 | $114.50 – $570.84 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $122.64 | $75.60 – $527.07 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $121.13 | $83.43 – $601.70 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $83.79 | $29.82 – $142.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $228.74 | $70.56 – $294.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $151.41 | $135.12 – $294.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $250.65 | $142.98 – $1,778.76 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $107.98 | $96.75 – $3,827.00 |