Insertion peripherally inserted central venous catheter (picc) without port/pump/img gud >= 5 years at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,401.64
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.
$3,778.00
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.
$66.01 with Kaiser vs $8,247.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $101.58 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $101.58 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $174.24 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $235.70 | ↓ -83% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +41% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,077.90 | ↑ +48% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,171.18 | ↑ +55% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,455.70 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,644.60 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,871.28 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,946.84 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,946.84 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,984.62 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,022.40 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,551.32 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,157.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,421.31 | ↑ +215% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,460.00 | ↑ +218% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +230% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,943.00 | ↑ +253% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,909.00 | ↑ +322% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,109.00 | ↑ +336% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,247.00 | ↑ +488% |
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Insertion peripherally inserted central venous catheter (picc) without port/pump/img gud >= 5 years at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,446.35 | $66.01 – $2,984.62 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,611.84 | $81.19 – $3,734.50 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $691.13 | $94.59 – $1,284.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,790.94 | $1,921.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,093.78 | $66.01 – $3,607.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,615.39 | $66.01 – $2,839.06 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,976.86 | $66.01 – $2,471.56 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,483.01 | $2,235.08 – $6,200.00 |