IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$284.43
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.
$775.00
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.
$35.63 with Kaiser vs $4,130.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.63 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $40.99 | ↓ -86% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.31 | ↓ -81% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.31 | ↓ -81% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $86.00 | ↓ -70% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -68% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -68% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $94.88 | ↓ -67% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $99.47 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $99.47 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $110.08 | ↓ -61% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $111.80 | ↓ -61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $120.40 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $122.98 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $128.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $130.72 | ↓ -54% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $135.88 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $154.80 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $172.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $172.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $172.00 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $172.00 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $172.00 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $538.18 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $621.56 | ↑ +119% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $621.56 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,105.00 | ↑ +288% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,631.00 | ↑ +825% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,059.00 | ↑ +975% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,130.00 | ↑ +1352% |
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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $287.53 | $35.63 – $706.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $240.90 | $43.82 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $146.51 | $14.23 – $212.43 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $134.64 | $97.03 – $99.01 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $153.23 | $35.63 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $692.64 | $35.63 – $1,002.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $140.34 | $35.63 – $325.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $230.01 | $102.23 – $102.23 |