Pvb thoracic single inj site at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,202.04
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.
$3,240.00
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.
$131.42 with Kaiser vs $5,890.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $184.65 | ↓ -85% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $184.65 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $316.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $428.43 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -27% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -27% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -27% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $967.91 | ↓ -19% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,188.00 | ↓ -1% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,404.00 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,512.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,641.60 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,684.80 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,684.80 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,706.40 | ↑ +42% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,728.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,971.02 | ↑ +64% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,030.40 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +141% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +165% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $3,469.00 | ↑ +189% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +212% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,124.00 | ↑ +243% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +263% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +284% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,932.00 | ↑ +310% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +390% |
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Pvb thoracic single inj site at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,189.08 | $131.42 – $1,706.40 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,419.85 | $178.73 – $1,430.80 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $885.73 | $208.96 – $1,370.04 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $1,097.34 | $187.93 – $1,474.90 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | $549.15 | $399.00 – $1,818.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $198.83 – $1,617.30 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $951.25 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $131.42 – $879.92 |