Ercp biliary & pancreas at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield

2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$645.17

Cash price

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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.

$1,739.00

Gross charge

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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.

$165.14 with LA Care vs $1,565.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $165.14 ↓ -74%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $232.02 ↓ -64%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $232.02 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $397.99 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $506.90 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $532.07 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $538.36 ↓ -17%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $782.50 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $985.95 ↑ +53%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,017.25 ↑ +58%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,095.50 ↑ +70%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,189.40 ↑ +84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,220.70 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,220.70 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,236.35 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,252.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,345.90 ↑ +109%
United Commercial|HMO $1,471.10 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,565.00 ↑ +143%

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Ercp biliary & pancreas at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $638.22 $165.14 – $1,549.35
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,772.59 $249.84 – $3,156.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,124.36 $165.14 – $2,471.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $662.01 $165.14 – $806.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $988.63 $165.14 – $2,009.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,008.38 $924.55 – $981.34
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,122.84 $1,048.44 – $1,048.44
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $523.03 $165.14 – $747.60

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