X-ray thoracic spine 2 views at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$241.90
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.
$652.00
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.
$40.22 with BCBS - Anthem vs $570.84 with Cigna — 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 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $40.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.51 | ↓ -77% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.51 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $95.30 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $96.93 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $100.04 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $131.12 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -44% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -44% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $208.05 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $285.14 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $302.67 | ↑ +25% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $326.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $384.89 | ↑ +59% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $423.80 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $456.40 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $495.52 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $521.60 | ↑ +116% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.84 | ↑ +136% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.84 | ↑ +136% |
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X-ray thoracic spine 2 views at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $239.29 | $40.22 – $570.84 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $315.30 | $1.60 – $231.28 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $554.40 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $445.01 | $60.85 – $792.48 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $554.40 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $554.40 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $554.40 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $317.20 | $96.00 – $96.00 |