Ghs picc line insert < 5 at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,513.31
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.
$4,079.00
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.
$78.67 with Kaiser vs $8,247.00 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 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $121.38 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $121.38 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $208.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $281.63 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +30% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +30% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +30% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,171.18 | ↑ +43% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,243.45 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,651.35 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,855.30 | ↑ +89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,100.04 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,181.62 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,181.62 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,222.41 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,263.20 | ↑ +116% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $3,469.00 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +148% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,834.26 | ↑ +153% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,124.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,421.31 | ↑ +192% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,460.00 | ↑ +195% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +205% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,932.00 | ↑ +226% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,109.00 | ↑ +304% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,247.00 | ↑ +445% |
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Ghs picc line insert < 5 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,497.00 | $78.67 – $3,222.41 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,025.80 | $96.76 – $3,734.50 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,122.82 | $113.03 – $2,086.47 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,012.57 | $1,921.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,683.33 | $78.67 – $3,854.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,541.74 | $78.67 – $3,854.34 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,349.68 | $2,235.08 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,787.26 | $2,024.63 – $8,018.00 |