Thyroid mets imag whole body at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield

2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$772.06

Cash price

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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.

$2,081.00

Gross charge

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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.

$186.19 with Care 1st vs $2,565.73 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $186.19 ↓ -76%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $261.60 ↓ -66%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $261.60 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $448.72 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $606.98 ↓ -21%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
United Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $752.32 ↓ -3%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,040.50 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,101.15 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,101.15 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,148.33 ↑ +49%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,205.34 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,311.03 ↑ +70%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,352.65 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,456.70 ↑ +89%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,532.00 ↑ +98%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,581.56 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,664.80 ↑ +116%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,789.66 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,081.00 ↑ +170%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,565.73 ↑ +232%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,565.73 ↑ +232%

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Thyroid mets imag whole body at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $763.73 $186.19 – $2,565.73
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,403.36 $281.68 – $2,499.12
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $2,413.60 $719.00 – $719.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $2,413.60 $719.00 – $719.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,622.40 $489.00 – $489.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,622.40 $489.00 – $489.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $879.01 $107.65 – $1,270.70
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $2,413.60 $719.00 – $719.00

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