Implant spine infusion pump at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$20,308.92
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.
$54,741.00
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.
$300.76 with Kaiser vs $51,456.54 with United — 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 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $300.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $666.12 | ↓ -97% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $666.12 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,142.61 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,545.60 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,873.00 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,460.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,911.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,153.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,109.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,247.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $14,745.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $17,529.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $20,963.00 | ↑ +3% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $22,456.74 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $22,456.74 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $22,456.74 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $22,456.74 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $22,456.74 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $22,456.74 | ↑ +11% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $22,456.74 | ↑ +11% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $24,702.41 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $30,107.55 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $35,581.65 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $38,318.70 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $41,603.16 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $42,697.98 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $42,697.98 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $43,245.39 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $43,792.80 | ↑ +116% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $50,303.10 | ↑ +148% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $51,456.54 | ↑ +153% |
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Implant spine infusion pump at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $300.76 – $22,456.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $21,830.14 | $300.76 – $49,984.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $19,993.96 | $300.76 – $49,984.90 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $12,636.71 | $300.76 – $36,104.88 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $36,318.12 | $2,995.00 – $25,079.55 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $369.93 – $42,515.54 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2,570.00 – $24,289.13 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $300.76 – $300.76 |