Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$245.98
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.
$663.00
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.
$13.64 with LA Care vs $195.42 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 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.64 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.17 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $18.17 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $18.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $28.62 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $33.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $39.96 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $40.39 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $53.00 | ↓ -78% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $97.20 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $99.63 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $99.63 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $105.71 | ↓ -57% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $121.50 | ↓ -51% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $123.93 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $144.81 | ↓ -41% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $170.10 | ↓ -31% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $184.68 | ↓ -25% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $194.40 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $195.42 | ↓ -21% |
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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $243.33 | $15.15 – $206.19 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $203.24 | $18.17 – $196.56 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $274.74 | $18.36 – $27.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $660.84 | $18.17 – $821.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $462.17 | $13.64 – $940.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $274.74 | $18.36 – $30.06 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $274.74 | $18.04 – $35.86 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $274.74 | $22.02 – $70.82 |