Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$130.60
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.
$352.00
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.
$28.23 with LA Care vs $445.31 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.
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 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.87 | ↓ -52% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.87 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $107.85 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $145.88 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $167.77 | ↑ +28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $176.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +52% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +52% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +52% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +52% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +52% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $218.68 | ↑ +67% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $228.80 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $229.93 | ↑ +76% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $246.40 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $267.52 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $274.56 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $274.56 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $278.08 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $281.60 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $310.36 | ↑ +138% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $330.88 | ↑ +153% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $445.31 | ↑ +241% |
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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $129.19 | $28.23 – $278.08 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $242.66 | $34.72 – $432.12 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $285.60 | $31.29 – $509.25 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $621.69 | $120.03 – $296.92 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $357.38 | $28.23 – $818.30 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $154.52 | $28.23 – $227.36 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $327.32 | $28.23 – $818.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $919.53 | $151.68 – $306.58 |