Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$537.66
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.
$1,465.00
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.
$63.71 with Care 1st vs $1,201.30 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $67.72 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.51 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.51 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $153.54 | ↓ -71% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $172.50 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $207.69 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $220.80 | ↓ -59% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $224.25 | ↓ -58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $241.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $262.20 | ↓ -51% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -50% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -50% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -50% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $272.55 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $272.55 | ↓ -49% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $294.47 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $294.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $303.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $310.50 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $317.40 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $325.48 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $344.73 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $345.00 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $345.00 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $345.00 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $345.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $364.07 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,040.15 | ↑ +93% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,201.30 | ↑ +123% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,201.30 | ↑ +123% |
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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $543.52 | $63.71 – $1,201.30 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $646.49 | $68.70 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $343.87 | $42.14 – $498.58 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,412.19 | $286.64 – $452.98 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $493.92 | $63.71 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $577.43 | $4.14 – $16.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $452.37 | $63.71 – $807.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $661.47 | $302.01 – $452.98 |