Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm 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

$2,908.64

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.

$7,840.00

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.

$155.64 with Kaiser vs $8,958.23 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
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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 $155.64 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $155.64 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $155.64 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $155.64 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $155.64 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $155.64 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $155.64 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $155.64 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $155.64 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $155.64 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $155.64 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $155.64 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $240.11 ↓ -92%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $240.11 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $411.87 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $557.13 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,894.00 ↓ -1%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +37%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +37%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +37%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +37%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +37%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,312.00 ↑ +48%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,399.13 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,460.00 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,619.00 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,911.00 ↑ +69%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $5,096.00 ↑ +75%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,153.00 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,488.00 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,958.40 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,109.00 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,115.20 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,115.20 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,193.60 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,272.00 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|HMO $7,369.60 ↑ +153%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,247.00 ↑ +184%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8,958.23 ↑ +208%

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Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,877.28 $155.64 – $6,193.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,793.13 $191.44 – $7,477.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6,031.26 $1,921.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,220.51 $155.64 – $9,276.68
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $478.19 $155.64 – $703.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,787.90 $155.64 – $9,372.72
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,705.99 $4,483.19 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,745.26 $4,061.05 – $17,611.00

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