Intro long gi tube at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$910.07
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.
$2,453.00
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.
$22.22 with Kaiser vs $13,582.00 with Aetna — 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 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $84.37 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $114.13 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +31% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +31% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,310.39 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,349.15 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,594.45 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,717.10 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,864.28 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,913.34 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,913.34 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,937.87 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,962.40 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,305.82 | ↑ +153% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,668.42 | ↑ +193% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +218% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +250% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,157.00 | ↑ +357% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +379% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +408% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,943.00 | ↑ +443% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +547% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,909.00 | ↑ +549% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $12,949.00 | ↑ +1323% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $13,582.00 | ↑ +1392% |
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Intro long gi tube at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $900.26 | $22.22 – $1,937.87 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $459.90 | $27.33 – $2,072.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,671.27 | $1,222.26 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,047.75 | $22.22 – $2,399.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $959.62 | $22.22 – $2,399.04 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,858.44 | $1,287.79 – $7,455.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,381.01 | $1,166.53 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,014.39 | $1,222.02 – $2,335.00 |