Esophagus motility study at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,332.27
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.
$3,591.00
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.
$79.31 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,932.00 with Health Net — 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 | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $176.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $176.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $303.01 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $334.93 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $409.88 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $459.03 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $619.61 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -49% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -49% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $741.60 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,510.16 | ↑ +13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,975.05 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,334.15 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,513.70 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,729.16 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,800.98 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,800.98 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,836.89 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,872.80 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,375.54 | ↑ +153% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $3,469.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +168% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,124.00 | ↑ +210% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,932.00 | ↑ +270% |
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Esophagus motility study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,317.90 | $79.31 – $2,836.89 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,045.07 | $97.55 – $1,861.08 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $637.30 | $79.31 – $1,459.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $583.69 | $79.31 – $1,459.22 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $917.87 | $79.31 – $2,622.48 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,688.17 | $79.31 – $3,245.22 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,506.60 | $79.31 – $2,845.80 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $352.80 | $198.07 – $1,311.00 |