Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$268.61
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.
$724.00
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.
$44.68 with LA Care 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.54 | ↓ -63% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.54 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $170.75 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $230.97 | ↓ -14% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $362.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $383.88 | ↑ +43% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $470.60 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $506.80 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $526.11 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $550.24 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $571.96 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $579.20 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $710.15 | ↑ +164% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,122.00 | ↑ +3296% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,707.00 | ↑ +3514% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,707.00 | ↑ +3514% |
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Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $265.71 | $44.68 – $694.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $198.83 | $6.56 – $64.25 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $346.92 | $44.68 – $867.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $857.82 | $139.70 – $347.12 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $577.32 | $393.64 – $393.64 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $540.09 | $52.20 – $157.03 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $462.06 | $394.56 – $394.56 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $259.02 | $44.68 – $722.42 |