Pulmonary vent imaging at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$314.98
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.
$849.00
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.
$157.92 with Care 1st vs $1,976.45 with Cigna — 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $221.88 | ↓ -30% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $221.88 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $380.59 | ↑ +21% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $424.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +62% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $514.82 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $534.87 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $551.85 | ↑ +75% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $561.63 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $594.30 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $631.95 | ↑ +101% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $645.24 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $663.32 | ↑ +111% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $679.20 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $730.14 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↑ +169% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +169% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +169% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↑ +169% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $849.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,143.68 | ↑ +263% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,976.45 | ↑ +527% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,976.45 | ↑ +527% |
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Pulmonary vent imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $311.59 | $157.92 – $1,976.45 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,254.00 | $238.92 – $2,233.14 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,923.74 | $157.92 – $4,202.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,956.36 | $567.62 – $1,273.75 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,500.93 | $514.17 – $1,392.85 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,451.67 | $157.92 – $3,418.58 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,688.61 | $556.27 – $1,044.95 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $768.96 | $437.05 – $951.22 |