Prepare sperm duct x-ray at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$2,550.26
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.
$6,874.00
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.
$174.31 with LA Care vs $6,461.56 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.
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 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $386.05 | ↓ -85% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $386.05 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $662.20 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $895.75 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,780.70 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +71% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $4,468.10 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,811.80 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,911.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,153.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,224.24 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,361.72 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,361.72 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,430.46 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,499.20 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +131% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $6,117.86 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,461.56 | ↑ +153% |
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Prepare sperm duct x-ray at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,522.76 | $174.31 – $6,805.26 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,922.76 | $174.31 – $2,667.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,591.61 | $174.31 – $2,972.97 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $214.40 – $374.76 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,087.29 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $174.31 – $274.77 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $174.31 – $174.31 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $174.31 – $274.77 |