Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$189.38
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.
$516.00
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.
$2.38 with BCBS - Anthem vs $43.74 with BCBS - Anthem — 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|All Plans | $2.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $2.56 | ↓ -99% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $2.56 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2.87 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2.97 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2.97 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $4.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $5.93 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $6.57 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.57 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6.57 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7.65 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8.68 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.18 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $19.69 | ↓ -90% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $21.60 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.14 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $22.14 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.90 | ↓ -88% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $27.00 | ↓ -86% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $27.54 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $30.93 | ↓ -84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.80 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $41.04 | ↓ -78% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $42.66 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $43.74 | ↓ -77% |
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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $191.44 | $1.82 – $43.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $1.42 – $19.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $65.33 | $3.64 – $12.33 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $40.24 | $2.76 – $29.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $36.85 | $1.82 – $29.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $65.33 | $3.64 – $13.35 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $65.33 | $3.91 – $15.93 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $65.33 | $3.60 – $31.45 |