Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion stereo guide at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$313.50
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.
$845.00
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.
$186.15 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 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $261.54 | ↓ -17% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $261.54 | ↓ -17% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $411.40 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $448.62 | ↑ +43% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $486.20 | ↑ +55% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $523.60 | ↑ +67% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $568.48 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $583.44 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $583.44 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $590.92 | ↑ +88% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $598.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $606.85 | ↑ +94% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $665.72 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $703.12 | ↑ +124% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +916% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +1040% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +1095% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +1292% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +1779% |
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Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion stereo guide at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $310.12 | $186.15 – $740.52 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $183.53 | $113.13 – $326.82 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $597.72 | $1,687.00 – $10,997.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,063.39 | $186.15 – $4,529.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $818.11 | $107.46 – $390.04 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $592.11 | $2,747.00 – $8,621.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $681.87 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $236.09 | $0.80 – $375.00 |