Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic single level at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,266.60
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.
$3,414.00
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.
$184.56 with Kaiser vs $5,909.00 with Health Net — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $184.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $284.96 | ↓ -78% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $284.96 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $488.80 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $661.19 | ↓ -48% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↓ -11% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,231.45 | ↓ -3% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,244.32 | ↓ -2% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,455.35 | ↑ +15% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,567.30 | ↑ +24% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,701.64 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,746.42 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,746.42 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,768.81 | ↑ +40% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,791.20 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,104.66 | ↑ +66% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,533.89 | ↑ +100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +151% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +182% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +196% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,157.00 | ↑ +228% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +265% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,943.00 | ↑ +290% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +365% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,909.00 | ↑ +367% |
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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic single level at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,252.94 | $184.56 – $2,182.77 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,313.57 | $227.01 – $2,339.22 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,068.87 | $198.03 – $468.51 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,529.68 | $184.56 – $3,502.52 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,749.92 | $50.45 – $191.10 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,401.01 | $184.56 – $2,300.06 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,588.80 | $1,137.58 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $578.85 | $1,191.69 – $3,982.87 |