Scan duplex lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$642.58
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.
$1,732.00
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.
$111.16 with Care 1st vs $9,707.00 with United — 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $247.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $247.60 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -52% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -52% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $337.84 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $424.71 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $574.51 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $687.97 | ↑ +7% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $866.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,091.16 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,125.80 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,206.45 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,206.45 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,212.40 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,316.32 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,368.28 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,385.60 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,489.52 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,732.00 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,122.00 | ↑ +1320% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,707.00 | ↑ +1411% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,707.00 | ↑ +1411% |
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Scan duplex lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $635.65 | $111.16 – $1,368.28 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,200.56 | $136.73 – $2,137.98 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $723.56 | $48.34 – $1,158.18 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,432.08 | $321.54 – $1,099.47 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $835.89 | $111.16 – $1,588.58 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $4,237.10 | $111.16 – $1,745.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $796.55 | $111.16 – $1,377.88 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,497.87 | $338.78 – $1,389.46 |