Pt repositioning canalith procedure(s) per day at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield

2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$60.85

Cash price

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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.

$164.00

Gross charge

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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.

$44.28 with Kern Health System vs $4,974.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $44.28 ↓ -27%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $44.28 ↓ -27%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $90.20 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $95.12 ↑ +56%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $106.60 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $114.80 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $116.44 ↑ +91%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $119.72 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $123.00 ↑ +102%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $123.00 ↑ +102%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $124.64 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $131.20 ↑ +116%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $134.48 ↑ +121%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $134.48 ↑ +121%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $134.48 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,060.00 ↑ +4929%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,517.00 ↑ +5680%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,517.00 ↑ +5680%
United Commercial|HMO $4,974.00 ↑ +8074%

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Pt repositioning canalith procedure(s) per day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $60.19 $44.28 – $134.48
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $60.01 $36.99 – $113.71
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $107.10 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $113.00 $145.20 – $258.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $103.49 $71.28 – $258.72
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $144.33 $30.28 – $30.28
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $113.22 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $57.63 not published

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