X-ray small intestine follow-through study at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$1,383.09
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.
$3,728.00
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.
$74.76 with LA Care vs $3,057.82 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $74.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.04 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.04 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $180.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $200.49 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $210.45 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $243.72 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $407.37 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $558.31 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $753.61 | ↓ -46% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,626.50 | ↑ +18% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,114.45 | ↑ +53% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,277.10 | ↑ +65% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,472.28 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,537.34 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,537.34 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,569.87 | ↑ +86% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,602.40 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,057.82 | ↑ +121% |
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X-ray small intestine follow-through study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,368.18 | $74.76 – $3,220.47 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $248.70 | $5.48 – $312.34 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $1,540.00 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $269.81 | $113.10 – $480.48 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $1,540.00 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,540.00 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,540.00 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $977.60 | not published |