X-ray sinuses paranasal complete > 3 views at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$211.10
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.
$569.00
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.
$47.84 with BCBS - Anthem vs $465.96 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.22 | ↓ -68% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.22 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $110.81 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $115.29 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $116.31 | ↓ -45% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $123.07 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $155.96 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $250.61 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $251.88 | ↑ +19% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $284.50 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $345.20 | ↑ +64% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $369.85 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $398.30 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $424.11 | ↑ +101% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $424.11 | ↑ +101% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $432.44 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $455.20 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $465.96 | ↑ +121% |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray sinuses paranasal complete > 3 views at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $208.83 | $47.84 – $449.51 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $267.75 | $1.81 – $193.12 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $308.00 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $483.12 | $72.37 – $860.34 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $308.00 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $308.00 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $308.00 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $468.00 | $81.00 – $81.00 |