Ultrasound encephalogram at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$297.18
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.
$801.00
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.
$89.26 with BCBS - Anthem vs $725.89 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.26 | ↓ -70% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.41 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $125.41 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -55% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -55% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $215.12 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $259.03 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $271.89 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $290.99 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $302.67 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $392.39 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $400.50 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $520.65 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $537.78 | ↑ +81% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $560.70 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.84 | ↑ +92% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.84 | ↑ +92% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $608.76 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $640.80 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $725.89 | ↑ +144% |
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Ultrasound encephalogram at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $293.97 | $89.26 – $632.79 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $411.75 | $4.89 – $300.85 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $632.91 | $135.04 – $1,127.10 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $862.40 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $862.40 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $468.00 | $96.00 – $96.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $468.00 | $96.00 – $96.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $506.33 | $21.27 – $625.65 |