X-ray fallopian tube at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,032.87
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.
$2,784.00
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.
$232.96 with Aetna vs $2,616.96 with United — 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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| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $232.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $244.52 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,002.47 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,373.90 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,392.00 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,809.60 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,854.50 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,948.80 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,115.84 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,171.52 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,171.52 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,199.36 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,227.20 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,616.96 | ↑ +153% |
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X-ray fallopian tube at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,021.73 | $224.63 – $2,756.16 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $270.45 | $4.41 – $1,092.15 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $2,223.20 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $901.85 | $181.59 – $1,606.02 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $2,223.20 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $2,223.20 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $2,223.20 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $327.60 | not published |