Replace duod/jej tube perc at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$957.56
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.
$2,581.00
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.
$677.96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $677.96 | ↓ -29% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $952.53 | ↓ -1% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $952.53 | ↓ -1% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,033.45 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +24% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↑ +24% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,221.35 | ↑ +28% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,310.39 | ↑ +37% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,315.30 | ↑ +37% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,428.04 | ↑ +49% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,465.62 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,465.62 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,484.41 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,503.20 | ↑ +57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,633.88 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,766.26 | ↑ +84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,879.00 | ↑ +96% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,668.42 | ↑ +179% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +273% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +291% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,873.00 | ↑ +304% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $4,157.00 | ↑ +334% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,460.00 | ↑ +366% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,943.00 | ↑ +416% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,909.00 | ↑ +517% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,109.00 | ↑ +538% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +546% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,247.00 | ↑ +761% |
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Replace duod/jej tube perc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $966.32 | $677.96 – $1,633.88 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $559.77 | $345.06 – $2,072.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,671.27 | $1,222.26 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $919.35 | $677.96 – $2,076.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,007.44 | $523.53 – $1,900.22 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,858.44 | $1,287.79 – $7,483.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,143.53 | $1,166.53 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,209.72 | $1,222.02 – $3,982.87 |