Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$210.73
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.
$568.00
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.
$252.47 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,116.00 with Health Net — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $277.72 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $284.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $357.84 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $369.20 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $397.60 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $431.68 | ↑ +105% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $438.00 | ↑ +108% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $438.00 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $443.04 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $443.04 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $448.72 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $454.40 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $488.48 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $533.92 | ↑ +153% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $565.53 | ↑ +168% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $568.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $2,895.00 | ↑ +1274% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,441.00 | ↑ +1533% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,116.00 | ↑ +1853% |
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Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $282.96 | $96.50 – $438.00 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $154.50 | $21.51 – $1,226.73 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $565.60 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $327.63 | $35.18 – $453.26 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $565.60 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $565.60 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $565.60 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $276.12 | not published |