Ventilator initial day at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$4,938.39
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.
$13,311.00
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.
$44.80 with Care 1st vs $10,788.80 with Cigna — 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -99% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $107.97 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $146.05 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $839.99 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $839.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $839.99 | ↓ -83% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $839.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $839.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $839.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $839.99 | ↓ -83% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $923.99 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,881.58 | ↓ -62% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,130.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,743.00 | ↑ +37% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $7,969.00 | ↑ +61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,582.00 | ↑ +74% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,317.60 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,685.40 | ↑ +96% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,808.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,808.00 | ↑ +99% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,081.00 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,129.00 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10,129.00 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $10,788.80 | ↑ +118% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,788.80 | ↑ +118% |
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Ventilator initial day at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,885.14 | $44.80 – $12,607.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,585.91 | $67.77 – $6,385.86 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $967.09 | $73.92 – $1,934.18 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,967.80 | $832.54 – $849.53 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,492.68 | $44.80 – $1,484.70 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,855.81 | $44.80 – $4,202.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,614.65 | $44.80 – $1,392.58 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,013.81 | not published |