Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$11,153.01
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.
$30,062.00
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.
$1,112.06 with Kaiser vs $22,749.88 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,112.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,562.44 | ↓ -86% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,562.44 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,680.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $3,625.32 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $7,152.00 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -35% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $7,647.00 | ↓ -31% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $7,968.78 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,503.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8,639.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $10,169.00 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,476.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $12,949.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $13,311.10 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $13,582.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,790.00 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,143.00 | ↑ +27% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $15,731.30 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $16,227.34 | ↑ +45% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $16,941.40 | ↑ +52% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $18,393.52 | ↑ +65% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,877.56 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $18,877.56 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19,119.58 | ↑ +71% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $19,361.60 | ↑ +74% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $22,749.88 | ↑ +104% |
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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $9,349.70 | $1,112.06 – $19,119.58 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,082.99 | $1,682.43 – $13,090.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $14,586.24 | $1,112.06 – $31,992.10 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $13,077.91 | $1,112.06 – $32,694.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,262.62 | $8,081.23 – $27,307.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,594.19 | $7,320.30 – $27,307.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $7,171.55 | $0.80 – $9,523.08 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,525.85 | $6,682.00 – $15,575.00 |