Njx px nfrosgrm &/urtrgrm at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$795.43
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.
$2,144.00
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.
$475.05 with Kaiser vs $5,890.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $475.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $495.55 | ↓ -38% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $585.65 | ↓ -26% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $630.70 | ↓ -21% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $667.45 | ↓ -16% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $667.45 | ↓ -16% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $684.76 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $702.78 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $702.78 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $711.79 | ↓ -11% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $720.80 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $846.94 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +7% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +7% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $901.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $901.00 | ↑ +13% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $932.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,899.72 | ↑ +139% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +264% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +300% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $3,469.00 | ↑ +336% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +349% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +371% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,124.00 | ↑ +418% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +449% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +481% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,932.00 | ↑ +520% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +640% |
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Njx px nfrosgrm &/urtrgrm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,038.25 | $475.05 – $1,693.76 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $740.66 | $456.57 – $1,569.60 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,116.66 | $475.05 – $2,556.82 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,036.06 | $475.05 – $2,556.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,250.34 | $896.84 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,188.35 | $407.40 – $1,629.60 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $727.77 | $970.26 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $984.96 | $762.31 – $5,171.00 |