G-tube reposition 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

$1,068.11

Cash price

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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.

$2,879.00

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.

$91.00 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.

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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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $91.00 ↓ -91%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $201.53 ↓ -81%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $201.53 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -71%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $309.02 ↓ -71%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $339.92 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $345.69 ↓ -68%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $404.25 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $467.61 ↓ -56%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $477.75 ↓ -55%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $514.50 ↓ -52%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $558.60 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Options PPO $573.30 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $573.30 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $580.65 ↓ -46%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $588.00 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|HMO $690.90 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $692.20 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $894.00 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,427.00 ↑ +34%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $2,895.00 ↑ +171%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,185.00 ↑ +198%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,441.00 ↑ +222%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,573.00 ↑ +235%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,747.00 ↑ +251%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,116.00 ↑ +285%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,363.00 ↑ +308%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,890.00 ↑ +451%

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G-tube reposition at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,056.60 $91.00 – $580.65
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $663.57 $111.93 – $1,181.70
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $435.54 $336.70 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,437.23 $91.00 – $3,134.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,316.34 $91.00 – $740.88
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $483.99 $354.75 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,093.44 $321.35 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $264.18 $336.63 – $3,982.87

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