Mayo metanephrines plasma 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

$43.05

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.

$116.02

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.

$9.76 with Western Growers vs $48.68 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $9.76 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $12.30 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12.50 ↓ -71%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $12.69 ↓ -71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13.67 ↓ -68%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $14.84 ↓ -66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15.62 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.62 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16.79 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -61%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19.52 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $19.52 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $19.52 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19.52 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $19.52 ↓ -55%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.52 ↓ -55%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $19.52 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $19.52 ↓ -55%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $19.52 ↓ -55%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $19.52 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $37.95 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.68 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $48.68 ↑ +13%

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Mayo metanephrines plasma at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $42.58 $9.76 – $48.68
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9.64 $4.98 – $44.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $9.39 $3.39 – $24.85
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $94.35 $16.60 – $138.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9.42 $10.00 – $43.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $14.66 $10.83 – $20.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8.63 $5.40 – $51.31
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $94.35 $16.94 – $174.81

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