Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$2,717.58

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.

$7,325.00

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.

$499.53 with LA Care vs $10,129.00 with United — 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $499.53 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $618.91 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $618.91 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $618.91 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $618.91 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $618.91 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $618.91 ↓ -77%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $618.91 ↓ -77%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $680.80 ↓ -75%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $683.00 ↓ -75%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $701.84 ↓ -74%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $701.84 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $860.58 ↓ -68%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $887.90 ↓ -67%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $956.20 ↓ -65%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,038.16 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,079.14 ↓ -60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,092.80 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,174.76 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $1,203.87 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,366.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,366.00 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,386.36 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $10,081.00 ↑ +271%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10,129.00 ↑ +273%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10,129.00 ↑ +273%

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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,688.28 $499.53 – $1,203.87
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $870.31 $536.49 – $1,549.86
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $361.84 $97.42 – $824.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $265.20 $501.36 – $511.59
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,337.93 $499.53 – $2,042.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $461.54 $179.28 – $679.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,225.40 $499.53 – $2,042.32
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $265.20 $511.59 – $511.59

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