Hemodialysis one evaluation at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$913.04
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.
$2,461.00
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.
$64.95 with Care 1st vs $1,991.49 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $144.66 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $144.66 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $248.13 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $335.65 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $875.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $889.06 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $889.06 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $889.06 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $889.06 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $889.06 | ↓ -3% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $889.06 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $889.06 | ↓ -3% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $977.97 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,004.00 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,004.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,230.50 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,311.00 | ↑ +44% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,599.65 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,722.70 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,870.36 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,968.80 | ↑ +116% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,991.49 | ↑ +118% |
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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $903.19 | $64.95 – $1,944.19 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,271.91 | $79.89 – $4,045.86 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,294.49 | $924.89 – $943.76 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,222.61 | $64.95 – $4,885.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,157.57 | $64.95 – $4,885.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,993.08 | $974.47 – $974.47 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,135.26 | $882.72 – $882.72 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,188.30 | not published |