G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$503.08
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.
$1,356.00
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.
$102.43 with BCBS - Anthem vs $13,582.00 with Aetna — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -80% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $143.91 | ↓ -71% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $143.91 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $246.86 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $333.92 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +34% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +34% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +34% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +34% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $741.60 | ↑ +47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $745.80 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $854.28 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $881.40 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $949.20 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,030.56 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,057.68 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,057.68 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,071.24 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,084.80 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,166.16 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,274.64 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,356.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,510.16 | ↑ +200% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $3,469.00 | ↑ +590% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,124.00 | ↑ +720% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,932.00 | ↑ +880% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $12,949.00 | ↑ +2474% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $13,582.00 | ↑ +2600% |
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G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $497.66 | $102.43 – $1,071.24 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $490.40 | $102.43 – $1,401.12 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $792.59 | $102.43 – $1,523.61 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,772.10 | $102.43 – $3,347.30 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $642.85 | $92.19 – $1,495.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $758.45 | $1,104.48 – $1,679.06 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $1,030.56 | $938.81 – $1,999.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $563.04 | $938.81 – $1,999.00 |