Mr safety implant&/fb assmt clin staff ea add 30 at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$15.59
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.
$42.00
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.
$21.00 with Western Growers vs $39.48 with United — 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $21.00 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $27.30 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $29.40 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $31.92 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $32.76 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.76 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $33.18 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $33.60 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $39.48 | ↑ +153% |
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Mr safety implant&/fb assmt clin staff ea add 30 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $15.42 | $21.00 – $41.58 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $120.05 | $75.03 – $177.51 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $39.81 | $46.50 – $91.14 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $60.69 | $18.72 – $76.44 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $45.00 | $65.00 – $90.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $280.28 – $328.70 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $430.74 – $459.93 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $471.06 – $471.06 |