Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$427.77
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.
$1,153.00
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.
$72.61 with LA Care vs $975.72 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.02 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.02 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $174.99 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $236.71 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $486.81 | ↑ +14% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $519.00 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $667.19 | ↑ +56% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $674.70 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $682.50 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $716.39 | ↑ +67% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $726.60 | ↑ +70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $788.88 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $809.64 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $809.64 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $820.02 | ↑ +92% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $830.40 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $900.57 | ↑ +111% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $975.72 | ↑ +128% |
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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $423.16 | $72.61 – $1,027.62 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $391.50 | $4.89 – $373.25 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $1,349.60 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $656.13 | $109.85 – $1,168.44 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $1,349.60 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,349.60 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,349.60 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $967.20 | not published |