Perc rf ablate renal tumor at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$5,458.53
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.
$14,713.00
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.
$3,848.31 with Kern Health System vs $16,605.43 with Kaiser — 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,848.31 | ↓ -29% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,848.31 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,222.00 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,922.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $7,152.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,261.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +36% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +36% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,839.15 | ↑ +44% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $8,154.45 | ↑ +49% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,503.00 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8,588.00 | ↑ +57% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $9,264.45 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,932.00 | ↑ +82% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,977.10 | ↑ +83% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $10,169.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $10,832.28 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,117.34 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $11,117.34 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $11,259.87 | ↑ +106% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,402.40 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,765.00 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,397.82 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15,883.00 | ↑ +191% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $16,605.43 | ↑ +204% |
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Perc rf ablate renal tumor at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,399.68 | $62.83 – $11,259.87 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,373.87 | $2,696.22 – $13,082.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,601.05 | $7,413.14 – $15,114.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,045.82 | $4,164.21 – $15,114.54 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,217.03 | $0.80 – $6,044.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $9,338.10 | $4,812.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $7,995.51 | $64.74 – $10,071.46 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $7,468.02 | $54.74 – $6,244.00 |