Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$61.59
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.
$166.00
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.
$3.81 with Western Growers vs $21.49 with Cigna — 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3.81 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4.81 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4.88 | ↓ -92% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $4.96 | ↓ -92% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5.34 | ↓ -91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5.80 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.94 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.94 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.07 | ↓ -90% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.10 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.56 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -88% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7.48 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $7.62 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7.62 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7.62 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7.62 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7.62 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7.62 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7.62 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7.62 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $7.62 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $16.76 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.49 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $21.49 | ↓ -65% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $60.93 | $3.81 – $21.49 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $35.15 | $1.50 – $61.11 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $22.69 | $6.07 – $34.27 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $17.64 | $6.07 – $34.27 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $109.07 | $0.77 – $6.10 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $108.20 | $1.61 – $7.62 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $67.20 | $6.36 – $14.96 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $45.91 | $4.23 – $27.44 |