Fluoroguide needle placement at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$480.82
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.
$1,296.00
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.
$66.51 with LA Care vs $1,218.24 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $93.45 | ↓ -81% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $93.45 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $160.29 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $199.72 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $209.64 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $216.82 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $538.40 | ↑ +12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $648.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $737.88 | ↑ +53% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $842.40 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $907.20 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $984.96 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $996.00 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,010.88 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,010.88 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,023.84 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,036.80 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,218.24 | ↑ +153% |
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Fluoroguide needle placement at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $475.64 | $66.51 – $1,283.04 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,216.77 | $100.63 – $2,166.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $581.87 | $109.74 – $860.39 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,106.19 | $262.41 – $392.94 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $658.27 | $66.51 – $1,292.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,963.37 | $21.48 – $81.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $536.26 | $66.51 – $765.38 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,659.54 | $389.30 – $496.58 |