Placement localization device(s) breast percutaneous mammographic guide ea addl lesion left at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$910.44
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.
$2,454.00
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.
$151.53 with LA Care 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 |
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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $151.53 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $212.90 | ↓ -77% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $212.90 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $365.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $493.99 | ↓ -46% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $602.80 | ↓ -34% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $712.40 | ↓ -22% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $767.20 | ↓ -16% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $832.96 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $854.88 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $854.88 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $865.84 | ↓ -5% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $876.80 | ↓ -4% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $975.44 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,030.24 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +250% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +292% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +312% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +379% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +547% |
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Placement localization device(s) breast percutaneous mammographic guide ea addl lesion left at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $900.62 | $151.53 – $1,085.04 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $634.23 | $229.25 – $1,129.44 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $303.80 | $238.62 – $564.54 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $597.72 | $1,687.00 – $10,997.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,268.17 | $151.53 – $2,903.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $898.08 | $151.53 – $2,035.46 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $550.29 | $2,747.00 – $8,621.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $358.53 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |