Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$58.44
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.
$157.50
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.
$24.28 with Kern Health System vs $169.05 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.79 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $40.61 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $40.61 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.61 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $40.61 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $59.74 | ↑ +2% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +29% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +29% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +29% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $78.75 | ↑ +35% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $80.82 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $80.96 | ↑ +39% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $83.02 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $84.53 | ↑ +45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $84.53 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $84.98 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $99.23 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $100.80 | ↑ +72% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $102.38 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $110.25 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $119.70 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $126.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $126.00 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $135.45 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $157.50 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $169.05 | ↑ +189% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $57.81 | $24.28 – $124.43 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $91.98 | $37.50 – $123.24 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $69.20 | $11.88 – $97.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $141.57 | $24.79 – $162.08 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $110.15 | $24.79 – $102.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $129.66 | $24.79 – $162.08 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $89.94 | $15.75 – $126.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $46.31 | $22.05 – $86.10 |