Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$818.80
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.
$2,207.00
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.
$555.48 with Humana vs $10,129.00 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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| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -32% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $555.48 | ↓ -32% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $611.03 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $894.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,103.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,244.28 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,390.41 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,427.00 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,434.55 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,544.90 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,677.32 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,743.53 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,765.60 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,898.02 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,207.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $3,469.00 | ↑ +324% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +336% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +358% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,124.00 | ↑ +404% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,932.00 | ↑ +502% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,081.00 | ↑ +1131% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10,129.00 | ↑ +1137% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,129.00 | ↑ +1137% |
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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $809.97 | $555.48 – $1,064.92 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $800.67 | $449.01 – $1,297.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $811.86 | $87.44 – $1,031.11 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,716.15 | $593.00 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,691.03 | $555.48 – $3,871.98 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,328.01 | $515.85 – $1,954.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,548.80 | $555.48 – $3,717.14 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,041.02 | $626.41 – $6,200.00 |