Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid femoral nerve left 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

$749.80

Cash price

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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.

$2,021.00

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.

$56.39 with Kaiser vs $13,582.00 with Aetna — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $56.39 ↓ -92%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $87.07 ↓ -88%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $87.07 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $149.35 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $202.02 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↑ +17%
United Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↑ +17%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↑ +17%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $879.92 ↑ +17%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $967.91 ↑ +29%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,098.90 ↑ +47%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,298.70 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,398.60 ↑ +87%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,518.48 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,558.44 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,558.44 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,578.42 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,598.40 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $1,878.12 ↑ +150%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,971.02 ↑ +163%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,894.00 ↑ +286%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,185.00 ↑ +325%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $3,469.00 ↑ +363%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,124.00 ↑ +450%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,363.00 ↑ +482%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,619.00 ↑ +516%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,932.00 ↑ +558%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,890.00 ↑ +686%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12,949.00 ↑ +1627%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13,582.00 ↑ +1711%

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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid femoral nerve left at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $741.71 $56.39 – $1,578.42
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $853.65 $81.08 – $235.71
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,362.21 $951.25 – $2,695.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,889.55 $1,002.25 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,599.40 $907.88 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $792.03 $951.06 – $2,335.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $861.90 $3,331.00 – $8,222.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $727.36 $49.14 – $982.55

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