ER Visit (level 1, minor) at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$176.60
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.
$476.00
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.
$21.77 with Care 1st vs $4,974.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.59 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.59 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $52.47 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $70.97 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $123.07 | ↓ -30% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $224.40 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $236.64 | ↑ +34% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $250.61 | ↑ +42% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $265.20 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $285.60 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $289.68 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $306.00 | ↑ +73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $306.00 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $310.08 | ↑ +76% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $326.40 | ↑ +85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $334.56 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $334.56 | ↑ +89% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $523.00 | ↑ +196% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $619.00 | ↑ +251% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $741.00 | ↑ +320% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,218.00 | ↑ +590% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,669.00 | ↑ +845% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,253.00 | ↑ +1176% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,060.00 | ↑ +1633% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,517.00 | ↑ +1892% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,517.00 | ↑ +1892% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,974.00 | ↑ +2717% |
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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $174.70 | $21.77 – $390.32 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $370.99 | $27.95 – $694.54 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $311.68 | $17.06 – $331.74 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $587.01 | $113.64 – $115.95 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $350.54 | $21.77 – $743.82 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $262.41 | $16.04 – $60.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $335.56 | $21.77 – $838.88 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $631.89 | $119.73 – $119.73 |