X-ray exam of mastoids at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$134.31
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.
$362.00
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.
$37.27 with BCBS - Anthem vs $570.84 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -72% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.36 | ↓ -61% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.36 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $89.82 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $108.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $113.36 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $121.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +1% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +1% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +1% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↑ +11% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $198.94 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $235.30 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $253.40 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $272.65 | ↑ +103% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $275.12 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $289.60 | ↑ +116% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $302.67 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $362.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.84 | ↑ +325% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.84 | ↑ +325% |
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X-ray exam of mastoids at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $132.86 | $37.27 – $570.84 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $213.90 | $1.34 – $231.28 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $739.20 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $93.74 | $56.38 – $527.07 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $739.20 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $739.20 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $739.20 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $296.40 | $96.00 – $96.00 |