Remove renal tube w/fluoro at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$684.50
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.
$1,845.00
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.
$521.64 with Kaiser vs $6,182.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $521.64 | ↓ -24% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $805.43 | ↑ +18% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $805.43 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +24% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $932.90 | ↑ +36% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,014.75 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,199.25 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,291.50 | ↑ +89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,381.56 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,402.20 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,439.10 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,439.10 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,457.55 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,476.00 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,734.30 | ↑ +153% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,845.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,899.72 | ↑ +178% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +365% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $3,469.00 | ↑ +407% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +422% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +447% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,873.00 | ↑ +466% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,124.00 | ↑ +502% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +537% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,932.00 | ↑ +621% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +760% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +803% |
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Remove renal tube w/fluoro at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $677.12 | $521.64 – $1,457.55 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $553.20 | $341.01 – $1,569.60 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,889.86 | $521.64 – $2,266.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,646.79 | $521.64 – $2,307.90 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,220.94 | $990.07 – $7,483.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $697.68 | $896.84 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $495.39 | $171.57 – $817.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $826.71 | $970.26 – $4,042.00 |