Ghs inj transforaminal cerv ea add bil at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,381.24
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.
$3,723.00
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.
$161.07 with LA Care 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 |
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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.07 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $356.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $356.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $611.87 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $827.68 | ↓ -40% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,231.45 | ↓ -11% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,455.35 | ↑ +5% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,567.30 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,701.64 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,746.42 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,746.42 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,768.81 | ↑ +28% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,791.20 | ↑ +30% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,992.71 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,104.66 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +159% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +171% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +216% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +234% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +326% |
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Ghs inj transforaminal cerv ea add bil at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $821.72 | $161.07 – $2,216.61 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $732.34 | $198.12 – $1,304.16 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,364.47 | $161.07 – $3,124.24 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $536.80 | $161.07 – $751.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,249.70 | $161.07 – $3,124.24 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,040.76 | $161.07 – $1,443.96 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,170.60 | $161.07 – $969.21 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,144.15 | $1,142.00 – $4,751.00 |