Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$243.38
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.
$656.00
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.
$24.43 with Kaiser vs $4,497.00 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 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.43 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.94 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.94 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -76% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -76% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $64.49 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $65.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $88.02 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $119.05 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $124.73 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $131.33 | ↓ -46% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $274.50 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $301.95 | ↑ +24% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $346.45 | ↑ +42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $373.10 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $399.75 | ↑ +64% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $405.08 | ↑ +66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $426.40 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $437.06 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $437.06 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $533.00 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $533.00 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $549.00 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $549.00 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $549.00 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $871.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $2,895.00 | ↑ +1089% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,441.00 | ↑ +1314% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,116.00 | ↑ +1591% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,497.00 | ↑ +1748% |
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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $240.76 | $24.43 – $437.06 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $121.77 | $26.25 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $83.08 | $9.23 – $125.13 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $157.59 | $63.10 – $64.39 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $93.74 | $24.43 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $230.44 | $24.43 – $124.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $85.85 | $24.43 – $199.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $415.65 | $66.49 – $1,333.00 |