Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$494.92
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.
$1,334.00
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.
$90.63 with LA Care vs $1,334.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $90.63 | ↓ -82% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.34 | ↓ -74% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.34 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $218.42 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $295.45 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $334.65 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $351.27 | ↓ -29% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $667.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $838.54 | ↑ +69% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $867.10 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $933.80 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,013.84 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,040.52 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,040.52 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,053.86 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,067.20 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,147.24 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,253.96 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,334.00 | ↑ +170% |
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Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $489.58 | $90.63 – $1,320.66 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $514.65 | $137.11 – $916.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,105.17 | $439.69 – $612.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $442.98 | $90.63 – $1,014.30 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $687.98 | $18.89 – $73.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $405.72 | $90.63 – $1,014.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,602.42 | $647.75 – $773.42 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,490.73 | $877.06 – $877.06 |