Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$63.82
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.
$172.00
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.
$21.49 with BCBS - Anthem vs $19,249.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.19 | ↓ -53% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.19 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $51.79 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $70.06 | ↑ +10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $86.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↑ +42% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $94.60 | ↑ +48% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $99.47 | ↑ +56% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $111.80 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $120.40 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $130.72 | ↑ +105% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $135.88 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $137.60 | ↑ +116% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $137.60 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $166.79 | ↑ +161% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $172.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $172.00 | ↑ +170% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $172.00 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $172.00 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $172.00 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $172.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $202.56 | ↑ +217% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,432.00 | ↑ +3711% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19,249.00 | ↑ +30061% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,249.00 | ↑ +30061% |
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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $151.94 | $21.49 – $166.84 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $220.76 | $32.51 – $190.07 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $47.41 | $14.23 – $104.76 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $143.38 | $21.49 – $11,311.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $369.63 | $21.49 – $543.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $136.03 | $21.49 – $9,050.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,090.89 | $102.23 – $102.23 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $995.01 | $92.60 – $92.60 |