Ivc venogram s&i 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

$2,954.28

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.

$7,963.00

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.

$148.49 with Care 1st vs $15,009.21 with Cigna — 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
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $148.49 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $208.63 ↓ -93%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $208.63 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $357.86 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $484.08 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $623.20 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $654.14 ↓ -78%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,981.50 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +35%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +35%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,010.10 ↑ +36%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,399.13 ↑ +49%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $5,175.95 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,495.92 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,574.10 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,051.88 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,370.40 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|HMO $6,438.74 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,438.74 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,438.74 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,438.74 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,418.42 ↑ +151%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8,958.23 ↑ +203%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15,009.21 ↑ +408%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,009.21 ↑ +408%

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Ivc venogram s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,922.43 $148.49 – $15,009.21
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,235.51 $224.65 – $13,858.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,790.03 $148.49 – $13,457.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,471.14 $148.49 – $15,820.61
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,628.76 $1,215.65 – $4,434.05
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,609.60 $4,061.05 – $4,434.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,558.50 $0.80 – $4,029.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,012.17 $1,051.88 – $4,434.05

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