IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$223.14
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.
$608.00
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.
$20.61 with LA Care vs $3,059.00 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.61 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.61 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.71 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.01 | ↓ -86% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.01 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $54.90 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $74.26 | ↓ -67% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $93.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $101.63 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $109.17 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $119.04 | ↓ -47% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $120.90 | ↓ -46% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $130.20 | ↓ -42% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $132.06 | ↓ -41% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $141.36 | ↓ -37% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $146.94 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $151.94 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $167.40 | ↓ -25% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $175.48 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $175.48 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $175.48 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $186.00 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $186.00 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $186.00 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $186.00 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $186.00 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,105.00 | ↑ +395% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,059.00 | ↑ +1271% |
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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $225.57 | $20.61 – $229.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $241.34 | $25.35 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $127.11 | $29.63 – $184.30 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $63.75 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $107.86 | $20.61 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $477.53 | $20.61 – $702.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $98.79 | $20.61 – $191.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $230.01 | not published |