CMS Price Transparency Data

Screening mammogram (both breasts)

Facility: Mercy Hospital

Billing Code: 77067 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$144

about 1.1× the $126 Medicare rate · typically $79–$248

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$443

Well above the fair price

about $299 over the fair price · 3.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $126 Fair price $144 This hospital $443 Cash price $320 Hospital's list price $863

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $36 Priciest $443

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Screening mammogram (both breasts) is about $144 (about 1.1× the $126 Medicare rate). Mercy Hospital charges insurers about $443, or about $320 in cash — well above the fair price. Located in Bakersfield, CA.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $144. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$217	172%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$119 - $900	94%
Aetnamajor	$417 - $438	330%
Cignamajor	$449	356%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$119	94%
Health Net	$288 - $389	228%
Molina	$119	94%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$119 - $585

Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 320), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 77067.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Mercy Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 77067.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Mercy Hospital

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.