X-ray skull > 4 views complete at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$266.75
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.
$719.00
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.
$57.69 with BCBS - Anthem vs $575.20 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 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $81.05 | ↓ -70% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $81.05 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $127.77 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $134.11 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -49% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $139.03 | ↓ -48% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $188.07 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $287.42 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $302.67 | ↑ +13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $359.50 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $393.91 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $467.35 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $503.30 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $531.71 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $546.44 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.84 | ↑ +114% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.84 | ↑ +114% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $575.20 | ↑ +116% |
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X-ray skull > 4 views complete at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $263.88 | $57.69 – $570.84 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $334.95 | $2.50 – $231.28 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $1,002.40 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $368.36 | $87.28 – $655.98 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $1,002.40 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,002.40 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,002.40 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $520.00 | $96.00 – $96.00 |