Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield

2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$11,247.24

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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.

$30,316.00

Gross charge

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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.

$5,174.97 with Kaiser vs $32,276.90 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $5,174.97 ↓ -54%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $7,270.83 ↓ -35%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $7,270.83 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,647.00 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,639.00 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10,476.00 ↓ -7%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $12,306.00 ↑ +9%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $12,471.68 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12,949.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13,582.00 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13,790.00 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,143.00 ↑ +26%
United Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +28%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $14,630.00 ↑ +30%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $15,850.26 ↑ +41%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $16,673.80 ↑ +48%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $16,870.40 ↑ +50%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $17,495.00 ↑ +56%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $19,705.40 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21,221.20 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $23,040.16 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23,646.48 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23,646.48 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23,949.64 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24,252.80 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|HMO $28,497.04 ↑ +153%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $32,276.90 ↑ +187%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11,125.98 $5,174.97 – $23,748.98
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10,216.79 $6,298.02 – $26,644.42
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $14,893.12 $5,174.97 – $31,992.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $13,640.43 $5,174.97 – $31,639.30
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $18,771.57 $9,256.00 – $62,607.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $11,337.81 $11,046.00 – $62,607.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $13,929.43 $0.80 – $14,170.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $11,198.58 $6,682.00 – $20,488.00

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