Freeing of bowel adhesion 44005 at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield

2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$15,120.85

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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.

$40,757.00

Gross charge

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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.

$701.50 with LA Care vs $38,311.58 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $701.50 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $1,553.66 ↓ -90%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $1,553.66 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $2,665.00 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,894.00 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $3,604.94 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,619.00 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,647.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10,476.00 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12,949.00 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13,582.00 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,143.00 ↓ -6%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $22,416.35 ↑ +48%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $26,492.05 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $28,529.90 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $30,975.32 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|Options PPO $31,790.46 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $31,790.46 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $32,198.03 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $32,605.60 ↑ +116%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $36,273.73 ↑ +140%
United Commercial|HMO $38,311.58 ↑ +153%

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Freeing of bowel adhesion 44005 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $14,957.82 $701.50 – $40,349.43
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,914.09 $701.50 – $2,816.52
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,640.16 $2,335.00 – $8,501.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,480.16 $0.80 – $15,657.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $862.85 – $1,508.23
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,921.00 – $22,743.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $701.50 – $1,105.81
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $701.50 – $1,105.81

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