Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$429.99
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.
$1,159.00
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.
$51.67 with LA Care vs $1,089.46 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.10 | ↓ -73% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.10 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $197.43 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $267.06 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $371.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -8% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -8% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $435.23 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $508.47 | ↑ +18% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $579.50 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $686.33 | ↑ +60% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $753.35 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $811.30 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $880.84 | ↑ +105% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $886.28 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $904.02 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $904.02 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $915.61 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $927.20 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,089.46 | ↑ +153% |
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Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $425.36 | $51.67 – $915.61 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $736.28 | $63.55 – $1,311.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $435.74 | $62.28 – $776.97 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,549.38 | $265.44 – $513.13 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $636.44 | $51.67 – $1,457.26 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $568.10 | $51.67 – $804.58 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $582.91 | $51.67 – $1,457.26 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,089.87 | $335.45 – $529.83 |