Plmt nephroureteral catheter at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$3,425.82
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.
$9,234.00
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.
$1,043.18 with Kaiser vs $9,816.26 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,465.67 | ↓ -57% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,465.67 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,514.06 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,385.80 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $3,400.77 | ↓ -1% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $4,001.40 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,309.20 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +28% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,678.56 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,801.68 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,801.68 | ↑ +40% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,820.49 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,863.24 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,911.00 | ↑ +43% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,924.80 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,981.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,153.00 | ↑ +50% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,786.64 | ↑ +69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +72% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,921.00 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,080.00 | ↑ +107% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,816.26 | ↑ +187% |
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Plmt nephroureteral catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,768.36 | $1,043.18 – $8,111.72 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,127.37 | $1,311.39 – $8,044.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,689.17 | $1,043.18 – $5,621.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,294.76 | $1,043.18 – $5,621.28 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,892.32 | $5,004.98 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,421.70 | $4,533.71 – $10,413.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $7,838.63 | $1,043.18 – $10,750.32 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,417.62 | $2,238.00 – $6,732.00 |