Test stress cardiovascular tracing only at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,185.72
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.
$3,196.00
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.
$60.24 with Care 1st vs $9,707.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.24 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $134.18 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $134.18 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $230.16 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $311.33 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -67% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -67% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $435.23 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $579.58 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $794.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $886.28 | ↓ -25% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $951.00 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,072.19 | ↓ -10% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,236.30 | ↑ +4% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,331.40 | ↑ +12% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,445.52 | ↑ +22% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,502.58 | ↑ +27% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,521.60 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $2,895.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,441.00 | ↑ +190% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,116.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,122.00 | ↑ +669% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,707.00 | ↑ +719% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,707.00 | ↑ +719% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Test stress cardiovascular tracing only at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,172.94 | $60.24 – $1,502.58 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,035.00 | $51.44 – $1,843.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,295.16 | $62.28 – $1,668.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $821.10 | $290.98 – $414.71 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $995.10 | $60.24 – $1,799.28 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $946.39 | $60.24 – $701.68 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $911.40 | $60.24 – $1,025.08 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $958.80 | $306.58 – $1,333.00 |