Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl 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

$866.29

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.

$2,335.00

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.

$1,167.50 with Western Growers vs $6,851.62 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.

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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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,167.50 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,237.24 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,298.66 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,471.05 ↑ +70%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,517.75 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,634.50 ↑ +89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +91%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +91%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +91%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,658.74 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,774.60 ↑ +105%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,824.61 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,868.00 ↑ +116%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,008.10 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,335.00 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,335.00 ↑ +170%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,335.00 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,335.00 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|HMO $2,335.00 ↑ +170%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,715.58 ↑ +329%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,851.62 ↑ +691%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,851.62 ↑ +691%

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Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $856.95 $1,167.50 – $6,851.62
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,048.14 $646.11 – $6,326.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $803.86 $261.10 – $1,162.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,137.67 $1,658.74 – $6,825.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,406.59 $989.53 – $3,748.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,615.43 $1,581.92 – $7,222.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,380.90 $770.94 – $2,035.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,930.20 $929.70 – $10,961.76

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