Tc-99m pentetate dtpa at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$197.01
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.
$531.00
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.
$13.00 with LA Care vs $424.80 with MultiPlan — 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 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $31.33 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.63 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $41.63 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $41.63 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $42.38 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $51.96 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $76.21 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $104.40 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $140.89 | ↓ -28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $265.50 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $345.15 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $371.70 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $403.56 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $424.80 | ↑ +116% |
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Tc-99m pentetate dtpa at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $194.88 | $13.00 – $419.49 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $136.66 | $19.67 – $243.36 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $240.46 | $21.45 – $334.65 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $512.32 | $13.00 – $1,173.06 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $399.60 | $13.00 – $501.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $725.99 | $13.00 – $1,814.96 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $190.52 | $13.00 – $531.36 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $245.85 | $13.00 – $309.68 |