Inj for mammo ductogram 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

$205.54

Cash price

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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.

$554.00

Gross charge

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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.

$222.16 with LA Care vs $5,890.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
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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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $222.16 ↑ +8%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $269.50 ↑ +31%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $318.50 ↑ +55%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $343.00 ↑ +67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $372.40 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Options PPO $382.20 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $382.20 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $387.10 ↑ +88%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $392.00 ↑ +91%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $436.10 ↑ +112%
United Commercial|HMO $460.60 ↑ +124%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $490.00 ↑ +138%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $490.00 ↑ +138%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $490.00 ↑ +138%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $490.00 ↑ +138%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,185.00 ↑ +1450%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,573.00 ↑ +1638%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,747.00 ↑ +1723%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,363.00 ↑ +2023%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,890.00 ↑ +2766%

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Inj for mammo ductogram at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $203.32 $222.16 – $490.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $183.53 $113.13 – $419.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $536.72 $222.16 – $1,180.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $491.57 $222.16 – $936.88
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,157.48 $64.26 – $306.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $854.25 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $919.68 $1,200.00 – $5,357.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $291.49 $121.50 – $243.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →