Placement localization device(s) breast percutaneous ultrasound guidance 1st lesion (both sides) at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$305.71
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.
$824.00
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.
$398.75 with Western Growers 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $398.75 | ↑ +30% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $471.25 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +56% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $507.50 | ↑ +66% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $551.00 | ↑ +80% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $565.50 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $565.50 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $572.75 | ↑ +87% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $580.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $669.02 | ↑ +119% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $669.02 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $681.50 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +137% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $725.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $725.00 | ↑ +137% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +137% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $797.50 | ↑ +161% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +192% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +192% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,624.00 | ↑ +431% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +942% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $3,469.00 | ↑ +1035% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,124.00 | ↑ +1249% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +1327% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,911.00 | ↑ +1506% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,932.00 | ↑ +1513% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,153.00 | ↑ +1586% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +1827% |
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Placement localization device(s) breast percutaneous ultrasound guidance 1st lesion (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $302.41 | $398.75 – $725.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,861.94 | $720.40 – $3,315.78 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,673.31 | $954.29 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,027.20 | $476.17 – $2,022.72 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,918.08 | $476.17 – $2,822.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $884.36 | $476.17 – $1,940.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,773.49 | $1,005.45 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,929.95 | $910.78 – $8,018.00 |