Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,525.93
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.
$4,113.00
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.
$135.12 with Humana vs $3,290.40 with MultiPlan — 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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| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -91% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $294.30 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $302.67 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $308.91 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $446.23 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.84 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.84 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $611.56 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $825.49 | ↓ -46% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,056.50 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,673.45 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,879.10 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,125.88 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,290.40 | ↑ +116% |
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Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,509.48 | $135.12 – $3,249.27 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $371.43 | $135.12 – $661.44 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $489.84 | $21.27 – $605.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,175.15 | $140.89 – $325.68 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $803.36 | $135.12 – $1,533.70 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,332.67 | $130.13 – $492.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $587.22 | $119.88 – $601.70 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $523.26 | $148.44 – $411.57 |