Intracranial complete study at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$824.74
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.
$2,223.00
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.
$224.78 with Care 1st vs $9,707.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -63% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -63% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $337.84 | ↓ -59% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $378.00 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $476.28 | ↓ -42% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $491.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $500.69 | ↓ -39% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $500.69 | ↓ -39% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $529.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $574.56 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $597.24 | ↓ -28% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $604.80 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $650.16 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $687.97 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $756.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $756.00 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $756.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,206.45 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,206.45 | ↑ +46% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,122.00 | ↑ +1006% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,707.00 | ↑ +1077% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,707.00 | ↑ +1077% |
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Intracranial complete study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $815.85 | $224.78 – $1,206.45 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $414.35 | $255.42 – $1,113.94 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $372.30 | $65.20 – $521.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $494.81 | $120.12 – $572.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,113.60 | $260.85 – $567.73 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $286.31 | $88.32 – $368.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $874.99 | $224.78 – $578.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $582.00 | $224.78 – $3,827.00 |