Irrigation implantable venous access device for drug delivery systems at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$155.82
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.
$420.00
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.
$64.53 with Kern Health System vs $231.00 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.53 | ↓ -59% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.53 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -52% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -52% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $83.02 | ↓ -47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $115.50 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $131.45 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $137.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $143.54 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $145.53 | ↓ -7% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $150.15 | ↓ -4% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $161.70 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $169.05 | ↑ +8% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $175.56 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $179.25 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $180.18 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $180.18 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $182.49 | ↑ +17% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $184.80 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $195.98 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $195.98 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $198.66 | ↑ +27% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $217.14 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $231.00 | ↑ +48% |
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Irrigation implantable venous access device for drug delivery systems at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $154.14 | $14.11 – $438.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $132.28 | $41.35 – $250.66 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $202.86 | $11.88 – $305.55 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $123.93 | $79.50 – $81.12 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $150.23 | $69.00 – $999.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $198.47 | $77.10 – $292.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $137.60 | $73.98 – $322.92 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $240.21 | $83.76 – $83.76 |