Pr egd flexible transoral w/placement percutaneous gastrostomy tube at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,735.54
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.
$4,678.00
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.
$277.70 with Kaiser vs $8,247.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $615.04 | ↓ -65% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $615.04 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,054.98 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,427.06 | ↓ -18% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +39% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +39% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +39% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,572.90 | ↑ +48% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,651.35 | ↑ +53% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,040.70 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,274.60 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,555.28 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,648.84 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,648.84 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,695.62 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,742.40 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,873.00 | ↑ +123% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,397.32 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,460.00 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,911.00 | ↑ +183% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,981.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,153.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,399.12 | ↑ +211% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,921.00 | ↑ +241% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,109.00 | ↑ +252% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +256% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,080.00 | ↑ +308% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,247.00 | ↑ +375% |
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Pr egd flexible transoral w/placement percutaneous gastrostomy tube at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,716.83 | $277.70 – $3,695.62 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,205.35 | $2,570.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $495.51 | $192.48 – $729.12 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,379.77 | $2,724.58 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,657.10 | $2,468.04 – $9,858.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,776.33 | $2,585.43 – $5,198.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,664.75 | $8,005.00 – $25,998.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,706.17 | $277.70 – $5,139.96 |