Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$4,029.81
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.
$10,862.00
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.
$298.36 with BCBS - Anthem vs $10,210.28 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $298.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $460.43 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $460.43 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $789.78 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,068.33 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -1% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -1% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -1% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -1% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,399.13 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,460.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,803.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,974.10 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,088.00 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,109.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,222.00 | ↑ +54% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $7,060.30 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,603.40 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,247.00 | ↑ +105% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,255.12 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8,472.36 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,472.36 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,580.98 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,689.60 | ↑ +116% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,958.23 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,932.00 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,210.28 | ↑ +153% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,534.58 | $298.36 – $7,608.49 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,729.57 | $366.98 – $7,477.22 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,031.26 | $4,129.00 – $11,185.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,615.98 | $298.36 – $10,145.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $634.04 | $246.29 – $932.96 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,143.05 | $298.36 – $10,251.78 |
| 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 |