25/100
#2,023 nationally
Mercy Hospital
2215 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301 · (661) 632-5000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Hospital billed $6.15 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 6.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 64
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #137
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
510 | $38,159 | $3,349 | +96% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
337 | $111,566 | $19,590 | +71% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $52,869 | $7,003 | +51% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
121 | $83,964 | $13,562 | +80% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $82,285 | $16,148 | +32% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $19,595 | $2,320 | +67% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $79,964 | $13,324 | +84% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $112,179 | $16,881 | +104% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
66 | $58,006 | $11,148 | +48% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $77,032 | $16,064 | +36% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,385 | $1,969 | +184% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,927 | $2,374 | +120% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$106,075 | $13,822 | +119% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$142,340 | $24,083 | +115% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$567,375 | $81,191 | +111% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$112,179 | $16,881 | +104% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$64,012 | $8,717 | +102% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$143,290 | $19,678 | +102% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,623 | $5,972 | about average |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$81,632 | $19,675 | +4% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$129,608 | $28,291 | +10% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$91,919 | $20,359 | +11% |
|
Implantation of Drug Infusion Device
APC 5471 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,861 | $18,979 | +11% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$72,748 | $14,134 | +19% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,327 | $4,347 | +19% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,571 | $4,188 | +19% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.