Mastoids complete 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

$246.35

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.

$664.00

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.

$65.75 with BCBS - Anthem vs $570.84 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $65.75 ↓ -73%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $92.38 ↓ -63%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $92.38 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -45%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -45%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $148.63 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $158.46 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $164.45 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $172.61 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $214.34 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -0%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -0%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -0%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $252.71 ↑ +3%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $302.67 ↑ +23%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $332.00 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $346.34 ↑ +41%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $431.60 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $464.80 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $467.49 ↑ +90%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $504.64 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $531.20 ↑ +116%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $570.84 ↑ +132%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $570.84 ↑ +132%

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Mastoids complete at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $243.69 $65.75 – $570.84
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $597.00 $99.47 – $1,063.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $356.21 $75.64 – $526.71
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $773.90 $65.75 – $286.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $878.73 $148.44 – $233.08
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,268.88 $134.46 – $264.32
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $115.55 $38.01 – $181.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $260.10 $145.47 – $198.30

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