Place slctv cath carotd art uni at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield

2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$6,059.92

Cash price

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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.

$16,334.00

Gross charge

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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.

$280.71 with Kaiser vs $15,385.40 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $280.71 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $394.40 ↓ -93%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $394.40 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $676.51 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $915.11 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,894.00 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,619.00 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,736.00 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,803.00 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,088.00 ↑ +0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +13%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +13%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +13%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $7,152.00 ↑ +18%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $7,555.33 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,858.00 ↑ +30%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8,503.00 ↑ +40%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $8,983.70 ↑ +48%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,169.00 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,608.00 ↑ +75%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $10,617.10 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11,433.80 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12,413.84 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12,740.52 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12,740.52 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12,903.86 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13,067.20 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|HMO $15,353.96 ↑ +153%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $15,385.40 ↑ +154%

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Place slctv cath carotd art uni at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8,947.10 $280.71 – $12,903.86
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,991.36 $424.68 – $12,900.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $13,226.34 $1,852.90 – $15,313.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12,327.26 $280.71 – $14,785.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11,290.39 $280.71 – $14,785.26
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,434.27 $2,500.73 – $27,307.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $9,208.05 $5,835.00 – $27,307.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $7,380.21 $5,981.00 – $36,398.00

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