Radiation therapy dose plan at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$73.09
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.
$197.00
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.
$80.50 with Kaiser vs $19,249.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $98.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $113.10 | ↑ +55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $113.10 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $124.11 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $128.05 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $137.90 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $149.72 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $155.63 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $157.60 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $160.23 | ↑ +119% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $168.19 | ↑ +130% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↑ +131% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↑ +131% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↑ +131% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $169.42 | ↑ +132% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $185.57 | ↑ +154% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $194.00 | ↑ +165% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $197.00 | ↑ +170% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $197.00 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $197.00 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $197.00 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $197.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $377.89 | ↑ +417% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19,249.00 | ↑ +26236% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,249.00 | ↑ +26236% |
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Radiation therapy dose plan at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $245.72 | $121.79 – $488.07 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $312.87 | $80.50 – $11,311.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $261.08 | $80.50 – $9,050.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,126.08 | $190.84 – $398.10 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $466.65 | $172.87 – $451.45 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $76.15 | $54.39 – $259.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,083.75 | $187.03 – $338.69 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $556.80 | $146.94 – $319.81 |