Fna bx w/ct gdn 1st les at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$924.91
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.
$2,493.00
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.
$428.52 with Kaiser vs $5,890.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $602.07 | ↓ -35% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $602.07 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -3% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $894.00 | ↓ -3% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $983.38 | ↑ +6% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,032.73 | ↑ +12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,315.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,396.98 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,427.00 | ↑ +54% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,554.80 | ↑ +68% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,674.40 | ↑ +81% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,817.92 | ↑ +97% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,865.76 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,865.76 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,889.68 | ↑ +104% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,913.60 | ↑ +107% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,002.52 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,248.48 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $3,469.00 | ↑ +275% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +286% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +305% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,124.00 | ↑ +346% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +372% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,932.00 | ↑ +433% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +537% |
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Fna bx w/ct gdn 1st les at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $914.94 | $428.52 – $1,969.47 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $969.30 | $597.51 – $1,726.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $911.93 | $140.72 – $1,694.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,016.50 | $428.52 – $2,327.50 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,299.48 | $428.52 – $2,235.38 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,269.10 | $1,005.45 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,601.00 | $910.78 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,039.88 | $363.93 – $1,455.72 |