Ureteral embolization/occl at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,134.15
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.
$3,057.00
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.
$1,577.81 with LA Care vs $8,247.00 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,577.81 | ↑ +39% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,681.35 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,987.05 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,139.90 | ↑ +89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,216.82 | ↑ +95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,216.82 | ↑ +95% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,323.32 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,384.46 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,384.46 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,415.03 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,445.60 | ↑ +116% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,720.73 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,873.58 | ↑ +153% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $3,057.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $3,057.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,573.00 | ↑ +215% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,747.00 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,460.00 | ↑ +293% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,109.00 | ↑ +439% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,247.00 | ↑ +627% |
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Ureteral embolization/occl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $936.15 | $156.91 – $10,456.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $1,577.81 – $3,802.52 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $291.71 | $179.82 – $2,745.39 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $5,958.40 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $5,958.40 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $369.20 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $369.20 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $5,958.40 | not published |