Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$543.52
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 Kaiser vs $1,465.00 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 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.51 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.51 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $153.54 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $207.69 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -51% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↓ -51% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $294.47 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $298.87 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $313.13 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $344.73 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $347.64 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $347.64 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $347.64 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $599.65 | ↑ +10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $732.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $805.75 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $922.95 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $952.25 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,025.50 | ↑ +89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,098.75 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,113.40 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,172.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,201.30 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,201.30 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,259.90 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,465.00 | ↑ +170% |
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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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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $537.66 | $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 |