Io rad tx delivery by x-ray 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

$9,161.85

Cash price

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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.

$24,695.00

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.

$620.00 with United vs $21,757.32 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $620.00 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $620.00 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $815.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,336.49 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,402.84 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9,713.09 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9,713.09 ↑ +6%
United Medicare|All Plans $9,713.09 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9,713.09 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9,713.09 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9,713.09 ↑ +6%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $9,713.09 ↑ +6%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $10,684.40 ↑ +17%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $12,347.50 ↑ +35%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $16,051.75 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17,286.50 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $18,768.20 ↑ +105%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19,249.00 ↑ +110%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $19,249.00 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19,509.05 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19,756.00 ↑ +116%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21,757.32 ↑ +137%

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Io rad tx delivery by x-ray at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $5,956.80 $1,616.52 – $17,525.04
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $13,769.04 $1,889.18 – $25,131.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $6,025.44 $1,585.42 – $17,525.04
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $10,035.20 $716.00 – $17,525.04
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $9,473.00 – $9,473.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $1,011.06 – $9,923.58
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $10,248.54 – $10,457.69
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $645.84 – $17,525.04

All California hospitals for this procedure →