Tc-99m pentetate dtpa aerosol at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$240.04
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.
$647.00
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.
$33.63 with United vs $517.60 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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| United | Commercial|HMO | $33.63 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $33.63 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33.63 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $35.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.74 | ↓ -74% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $86.74 | ↓ -64% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $86.74 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $148.79 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $201.27 | ↓ -16% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $323.50 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $420.55 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $452.90 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $491.72 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $517.60 | ↑ +116% |
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Tc-99m pentetate dtpa aerosol at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $237.45 | $33.63 – $511.13 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $148.05 | $33.63 – $263.64 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $38.08 | $27.00 – $27.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $38.08 | $27.00 – $27.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $27.04 | $24.00 – $24.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $27.04 | $24.00 – $24.00 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $38.08 | $27.00 – $27.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $38.08 | $27.00 – $27.00 |