M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$50.46
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.
$135.99
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.
$65.87 with Care 1st vs $243.64 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.
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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $68.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $85.68 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $88.40 | ↑ +75% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $92.55 | ↑ +83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $92.55 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $95.20 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $103.01 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $103.01 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $103.01 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $103.01 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $103.36 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $108.80 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $116.96 | ↑ +132% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $135.99 | ↑ +170% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $135.99 | ↑ +170% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $135.99 | ↑ +170% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $135.99 | ↑ +170% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $135.99 | ↑ +170% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $243.64 | ↑ +383% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $243.64 | ↑ +383% |
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M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $49.91 | $65.87 – $243.64 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $124.49 | $108.69 – $286.15 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $68.88 | $26.76 – $101.36 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $77.66 | $13.60 – $108.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $39.99 | $28.56 – $496.65 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $70.04 | $65.87 – $135.99 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $24.82 | $22.24 – $302.34 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $134.07 | $65.87 – $244.92 |