Spinal puncture lumbar diagnostic w/fluoroscopic or CT guidance at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$745.34
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.
$2,009.00
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.
$237.90 with Kaiser vs $5,890.00 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 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $334.25 | ↓ -55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $334.25 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $573.34 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $775.55 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +18% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +18% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +18% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $967.91 | ↑ +30% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,104.95 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,305.85 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,406.30 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,526.84 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,567.02 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,567.02 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,587.11 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,607.20 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,888.46 | ↑ +153% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,971.02 | ↑ +164% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,894.00 | ↑ +288% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,185.00 | ↑ +327% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $3,469.00 | ↑ +365% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +379% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +403% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,124.00 | ↑ +453% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,363.00 | ↑ +485% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,619.00 | ↑ +520% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,932.00 | ↑ +562% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,890.00 | ↑ +690% |
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Spinal puncture lumbar diagnostic w/fluoroscopic or CT guidance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $737.31 | $237.90 – $1,587.11 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $790.59 | $359.92 – $1,617.30 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $601.34 | $138.50 – $1,117.44 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,391.79 | $951.25 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $851.30 | $237.90 – $1,766.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,204.13 | $237.90 – $1,771.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $757.74 | $237.90 – $1,821.82 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,870.39 | $1,002.25 – $6,200.00 |