Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$2,638.93
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.
$7,113.00
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.
$449.80 with LA Care vs $5,690.40 with MultiPlan — 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 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $449.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $499.15 | ↓ -81% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $631.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $631.97 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $828.27 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $828.27 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,016.44 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,084.02 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,356.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,356.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,466.35 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,518.89 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,594.30 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,969.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,556.50 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,067.00 | ↑ +54% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $4,623.45 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,979.10 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,405.88 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,490.00 | ↑ +108% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,690.40 | ↑ +116% |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,610.48 | $449.80 – $5,619.27 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $2,003.40 | $18.58 – $1,698.00 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $6,837.60 | $476.00 – $476.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,060.31 | $453.77 – $5,449.86 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $6,837.60 | $476.00 – $476.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $6,837.60 | $476.00 – $476.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $6,837.60 | $476.00 – $476.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $3,224.00 | $324.00 – $324.00 |