MRA abdomen post contrast at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,765.96
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.
$4,760.00
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.
$476.26 with Care 1st vs $5,490.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $669.15 | ↓ -62% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $669.15 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $672.82 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $672.82 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $672.82 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $672.82 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,147.79 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,356.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,356.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,508.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,518.89 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,552.61 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,594.30 | ↓ -10% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,961.05 | ↑ +11% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,111.90 | ↑ +20% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,292.92 | ↑ +30% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,413.60 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,969.00 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,067.00 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,490.00 | ↑ +211% |
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MRA abdomen post contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,746.92 | $476.26 – $2,383.43 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,862.82 | $672.82 – $3,317.34 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $3,583.89 | $547.85 – $3,325.16 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,455.54 | $483.89 – $2,589.90 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,294.08 | $476.26 – $3,331.02 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7,303.36 | $463.60 – $1,756.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,844.76 | $235.44 – $2,111.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $7,032.90 | $483.89 – $3,272.99 |