Hc pet myocardial imaging metabolic eval single study at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,248.05
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.
$3,364.00
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.
$1,658.74 with Humana vs $3,715.58 with Kaiser — 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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| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +33% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +33% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,682.00 | ↑ +35% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,824.61 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,921.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,921.00 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,119.32 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,186.60 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,354.80 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,556.64 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,691.20 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,893.04 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,938.37 | ↑ +135% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +135% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +135% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +135% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,364.00 | ↑ +170% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,364.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,364.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,715.58 | ↑ +198% |
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Hc pet myocardial imaging metabolic eval single study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,234.59 | $367.25 – $2,657.56 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,102.56 | $1,415.36 – $3,080.50 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,957.00 | $319.95 – $1,741.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $3,267.37 | $370.03 – $11,711.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $4,986.72 | $1,415.36 – $3,080.50 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $693.00 | $414.20 – $3,080.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,744.68 – $5,495.70 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $1,838.22 – $6,945.20 |