Trnscath retrv pq vasc fb w/guide at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$3,476.27
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.
$9,370.00
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.
$290.94 with Kaiser vs $10,608.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $449.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $449.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $770.55 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,042.32 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,873.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,399.13 | ↑ +27% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,822.40 | ↑ +39% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $5,699.20 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $5,736.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,803.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,088.00 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,137.60 | ↑ +77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,182.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,663.68 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,839.04 | ↑ +97% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,839.04 | ↑ +97% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,926.72 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,014.40 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,858.00 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,241.92 | ↑ +137% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,958.23 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,608.00 | ↑ +205% |
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Trnscath retrv pq vasc fb w/guide at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,438.79 | $290.94 – $6,926.72 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,271.43 | $357.86 – $7,477.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,523.96 | $290.94 – $10,358.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,143.44 | $290.94 – $10,358.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,809.01 | $4,483.19 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,670.98 | $4,061.05 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,493.69 | $0.80 – $4,113.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $10,032.21 | $2,995.00 – $11,377.00 |