Warde gastrin at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield

2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4.81

Cash price

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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.

$12.96

Gross charge

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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.

$6.00 with Western Growers vs $50.66 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $6.00 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7.56 ↑ +57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.68 ↑ +60%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $7.80 ↑ +62%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8.40 ↑ +75%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.12 ↑ +90%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9.60 ↑ +100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.60 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10.32 ↑ +115%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|HMO $12.00 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.00 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.00 ↑ +149%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $12.00 ↑ +149%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $12.00 ↑ +149%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +149%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +149%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.00 ↑ +149%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +149%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +149%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.00 ↑ +149%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +149%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.00 ↑ +149%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.00 ↑ +149%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +149%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $12.00 ↑ +149%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $26.88 ↑ +459%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $50.66 ↑ +953%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.66 ↑ +953%

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Warde gastrin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4.76 $6.00 – $50.66
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.68 $3.50 – $46.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.01 $3.28 – $25.87
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $21.45 $17.28 – $143.99
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $38.10 $6.48 – $45.43
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8.64 $7.02 – $12.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $34.89 $3.50 – $53.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $21.45 $17.63 – $181.96

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