X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 views at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$488.61
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.
$1,317.00
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.
$62.90 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,053.60 with MultiPlan — 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 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -72% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -72% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $151.59 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $165.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $174.09 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $205.05 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $292.92 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $302.67 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.45 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $541.88 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.84 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.84 | ↑ +17% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $658.50 | ↑ +35% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $856.05 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $921.90 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,000.92 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,053.60 | ↑ +116% |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 views at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $483.34 | $62.90 – $1,040.43 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $416.55 | $2.23 – $231.28 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $588.00 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $614.96 | $95.17 – $1,095.12 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $588.00 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $588.00 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $588.00 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $681.20 | $96.00 – $96.00 |