Insert picvad cath at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$4,891.64
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.
$13,185.00
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.
$388.34 with Kaiser vs $11,752.82 with United — 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 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $388.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $599.63 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $599.63 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,028.54 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,391.30 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -18% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,399.13 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $5,736.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,803.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,088.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,876.65 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,858.00 | ↑ +61% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $8,126.95 | ↑ +66% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,752.10 | ↑ +79% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,958.23 | ↑ +83% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,502.28 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,752.34 | ↑ +99% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,752.34 | ↑ +99% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,877.37 | ↑ +102% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,002.40 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,608.00 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,752.82 | ↑ +140% |
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Insert picvad cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,838.90 | $388.34 – $9,877.37 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,289.87 | $477.66 – $7,477.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,467.90 | $388.34 – $10,230.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,092.09 | $388.34 – $10,230.22 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,225.77 | $0.80 – $7,232.40 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $6,271.16 | $388.34 – $4,675.77 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $3,957.62 | $388.34 – $14,185.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $6,977.70 | $384.10 – $11,365.73 |