Shuntogram nonvascular supervision & interpretation at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$142.10
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.
$383.00
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.
$35.62 with BCBS - Anthem vs $570.84 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.05 | ↓ -65% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.05 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $85.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $116.12 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -5% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -5% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $175.50 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $221.13 | ↑ +56% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $228.15 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $245.70 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $266.76 | ↑ +88% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $280.80 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $301.86 | ↑ +112% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $302.67 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $308.45 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $323.76 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $351.00 | ↑ +147% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.84 | ↑ +302% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.84 | ↑ +302% |
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Shuntogram nonvascular supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $128.82 | $35.62 – $570.84 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $447.26 | $35.62 – $975.10 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $409.64 | $35.62 – $1,024.10 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,195.44 | $148.44 – $231.76 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $561.00 | $134.46 – $262.82 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $420.75 | $104.84 – $233.34 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $786.75 | $35.62 – $299.30 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $359.55 | $145.47 – $197.17 |