Remove ureter stent percut at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$2,138.08
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.
$5,763.00
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.
$1,511.94 with Kaiser vs $8,247.00 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 |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,511.94 | ↓ -29% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,334.49 | ↑ +9% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,334.49 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +22% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +22% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,863.12 | ↑ +34% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,169.65 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +67% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,745.95 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,873.00 | ↑ +81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $4,004.36 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,034.10 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,379.88 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,460.00 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,495.14 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,495.14 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,552.77 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,610.40 | ↑ +116% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,981.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $5,416.69 | ↑ +153% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,417.22 | ↑ +153% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,830.36 | ↑ +173% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,921.00 | ↑ +177% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,109.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +189% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,080.00 | ↑ +231% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,247.00 | ↑ +286% |
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Remove ureter stent percut at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,080.60 | $1,511.94 – $4,420.05 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,044.15 | $1,260.09 – $4,655.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,478.12 | $1,511.94 – $5,674.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,199.12 | $1,511.94 – $5,497.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,558.10 | $887.04 – $4,104.05 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $6,026.16 | $2,908.69 – $6,732.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,236.48 | $2,285.30 – $6,920.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,010.69 | $1,259.00 – $2,518.00 |