Eeg monitoring/giving drugs at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$455.96
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.
$1,229.00
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.
$190.89 with BCBS - Anthem 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $190.89 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $261.61 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $353.13 | ↓ -23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $614.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +48% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +48% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +48% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +48% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $741.60 | ↑ +63% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $798.85 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $860.30 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $934.04 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $970.91 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $983.20 | ↑ +116% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,510.16 | ↑ +231% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,122.00 | ↑ +1901% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,707.00 | ↑ +2029% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,707.00 | ↑ +2029% |
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Eeg monitoring/giving drugs at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $136.57 – $513.13 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $172.59 – $529.83 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $195.72 – $479.94 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $78.07 – $502.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $196.17 – $196.17 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $146.83 – $529.83 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $229.82 – $887.89 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $112.65 – $887.89 |