Insert tunneled cv cath at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$3,573.11
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.
$9,631.00
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.
$365.70 with Kaiser vs $15,385.40 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.
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 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $365.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $564.66 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $564.66 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $968.55 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,310.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,297.05 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $5,736.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,803.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,088.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,222.00 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $6,260.15 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,741.70 | ↑ +89% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +92% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +92% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $7,152.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,319.56 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,512.18 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,512.18 | ↑ +110% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $7,555.33 | ↑ +111% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7,608.49 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,704.80 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,858.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,503.00 | ↑ +138% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,053.14 | ↑ +153% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,932.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $10,169.00 | ↑ +185% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,608.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $15,385.40 | ↑ +331% |
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Insert tunneled cv cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,534.58 | $365.70 – $7,608.49 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,729.57 | $449.81 – $12,900.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,857.10 | $0.80 – $8,163.12 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $4,070.50 | $433.42 – $5,127.36 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $6,520.95 | $365.70 – $23,245.51 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $4,084.29 | $365.70 – $14,639.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $6,028.07 | $361.70 – $9,818.91 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $6,075.30 | $2,455.00 – $12,111.00 |