Insertion subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$8,648.76
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.
$23,312.00
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.
$3,573.00 with Aetna vs $23,554.63 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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| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↓ -57% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,836.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,473.00 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $5,736.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $6,795.87 | ↓ -21% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $6,795.87 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,858.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,736.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $10,269.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +22% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +22% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,608.00 | ↑ +23% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $11,567.01 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $11,656.98 | ↑ +35% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $12,209.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $12,821.60 | ↑ +48% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $14,600.00 | ↑ +69% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $15,152.80 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $15,768.36 | ↑ +82% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $16,318.40 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $17,717.12 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,183.36 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $18,183.36 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $18,416.48 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $18,649.60 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $21,913.28 | ↑ +153% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $23,554.63 | ↑ +172% |
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Insertion subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $8,555.51 | $4,836.92 – $18,416.48 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $15,199.04 | $7,317.77 – $27,066.78 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,516.78 | $4,836.92 – $18,914.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,956.43 | $4,836.92 – $18,914.98 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $14,083.14 | $7,745.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $9,209.58 | $9,008.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $14,804.28 | $9,031.00 – $46,622.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,604.23 | $4,003.02 – $16,012.08 |