Liver imaging at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,248.05
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.
$3,364.00
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.
$111.73 with Partnership Health Plan vs $2,691.20 with MultiPlan — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $156.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $156.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $269.27 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $364.24 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $679.69 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -45% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $713.44 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $751.04 | ↓ -40% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $752.32 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,029.32 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,389.38 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,532.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,682.00 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,186.60 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,354.80 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,556.64 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,565.73 | ↑ +106% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,565.73 | ↑ +106% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,691.20 | ↑ +116% |
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Liver imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,234.59 | $111.73 – $2,657.56 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $514.66 | $107.65 – $743.99 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,214.79 | $111.73 – $2,228.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,674.33 | $692.71 – $2,035.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,619.54 | $111.73 – $3,652.28 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,009.92 | $593.60 – $2,035.50 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,957.00 | $111.73 – $1,671.54 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,294.20 | $111.73 – $7,994.90 |