Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$825.48
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.
$2,225.00
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.
$1,003.85 with Humana 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 |
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| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +22% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +22% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +22% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,104.23 | ↑ +34% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,112.50 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,401.75 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,446.25 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,557.50 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,691.00 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,757.75 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,780.00 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,913.50 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,225.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,248.62 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +251% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,157.00 | ↑ +404% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +460% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,943.00 | ↑ +499% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,909.00 | ↑ +616% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,122.00 | ↑ +1005% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,707.00 | ↑ +1076% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,707.00 | ↑ +1076% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,273.57 | $1,003.85 – $1,757.75 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,876.40 | $1,056.42 – $2,417.83 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,524.78 | $1,003.85 – $5,781.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,855.33 | $1,003.85 – $7,138.32 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,145.28 | $1,113.06 – $6,127.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,796.84 | $1,008.25 – $6,127.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,089.98 | $3,473.10 – $6,127.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,047.13 | $952.80 – $5,709.66 |