Implnt spinl canal catheter 62350 at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield

2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$5,396.94

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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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$14,547.00

Gross charge

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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.

$299.48 with Kaiser vs $18,226.90 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.

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Payer
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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.

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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $299.48 ↓ -94%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $663.29 ↓ -88%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $663.29 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $1,137.74 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,539.01 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,873.00 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,460.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,911.00 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,153.00 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,109.00 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,182.00 ↑ +15%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $7,152.00 ↑ +33%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $8,000.85 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01 ↑ +51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01 ↑ +51%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01 ↑ +51%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01 ↑ +51%
United Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,247.00 ↑ +53%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8,503.00 ↑ +58%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $8,950.71 ↑ +66%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $9,455.55 ↑ +75%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,169.00 ↑ +88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,182.90 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $11,055.72 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,346.66 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,346.66 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11,492.13 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,637.60 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|HMO $13,674.18 ↑ +153%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18,226.90 ↑ +238%

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Implnt spinl canal catheter 62350 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $299.48 – $8,137.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,800.69 $299.48 – $13,281.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,312.78 $299.48 – $13,281.94
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,911.19 $299.48 – $9,086.09
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $10,223.46 $2,995.00 – $12,460.49
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $12,251.17 $509.12 – $15,432.06
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $9,937.71 $595.22 – $19,208.98
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $368.36 – $15,508.42

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