Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$2,968.75
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.
$8,002.00
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.
$348.12 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,150.69 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $489.11 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $489.11 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $838.97 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,134.87 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,658.63 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -44% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,740.97 | ↓ -41% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,824.61 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,938.37 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,938.37 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,938.37 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,938.37 | ↓ -1% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,715.58 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,865.37 | ↑ +30% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,001.00 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $5,201.30 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,297.57 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,601.40 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,081.52 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,401.60 | ↑ +116% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,851.62 | ↑ +131% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,851.62 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,150.69 | ↑ +141% |
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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,936.74 | $348.12 – $6,851.62 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,264.76 | $526.67 – $9,375.60 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $4,154.83 | $66.42 – $574.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,490.15 | $1,744.68 – $2,682.07 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,847.96 | $348.12 – $9,657.90 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7,914.75 | $348.12 – $5,487.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,863.16 | $348.12 – $7,222.02 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8,146.23 | $1,838.22 – $3,514.97 |