Fix g/colon tube w/device at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$998.37
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.
$2,691.00
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.
$679.82 with Kaiser vs $5,909.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $679.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $955.15 | ↓ -4% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $955.15 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +19% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +19% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +19% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +19% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,310.39 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,419.55 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,638.37 | ↑ +64% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,677.65 | ↑ +68% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,806.70 | ↑ +81% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,961.56 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,013.18 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,013.18 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,038.99 | ↑ +104% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,064.80 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,216.21 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,426.14 | ↑ +143% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,668.42 | ↑ +167% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +190% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +219% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +275% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,157.00 | ↑ +316% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +337% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +363% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,943.00 | ↑ +395% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +490% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,909.00 | ↑ +492% |
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Fix g/colon tube w/device at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $947.23 | $679.82 – $2,012.92 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $464.28 | $286.20 – $2,072.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,680.45 | $1,222.26 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $919.35 | $679.82 – $2,105.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $842.02 | $579.96 – $2,105.04 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,819.17 | $1,287.79 – $7,455.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,624.86 | $1,166.53 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $842.01 | $1,222.02 – $3,982.87 |