Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$830.67
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.
$2,239.00
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.
$201.04 with Kaiser vs $5,909.00 with Health Net — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $201.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $282.46 | ↓ -66% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $282.46 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $484.51 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $655.39 | ↓ -21% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +36% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +36% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,231.45 | ↑ +48% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,244.32 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,455.35 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,567.30 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,701.64 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,746.42 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,746.42 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,768.81 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,791.20 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,104.66 | ↑ +153% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,533.89 | ↑ +205% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +248% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +283% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +330% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +351% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,157.00 | ↑ +400% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +425% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +456% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,943.00 | ↑ +495% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +609% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,909.00 | ↑ +611% |
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Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $201.04 – $1,131.20 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,856.62 | $1,191.92 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,523.68 | $201.04 – $3,488.80 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,354.76 | $201.04 – $3,386.88 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $949.62 | $201.04 – $2,713.20 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,960.80 | $966.94 – $5,171.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $724.80 | $966.94 – $4,188.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $2,094.24 | $966.94 – $4,971.00 |