Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial 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.
$57.17 with Kaiser vs $4,116.00 with Health Net — 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 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.17 | ↓ -77% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.77 | ↓ -64% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.77 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $152.26 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $205.97 | ↓ -15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $266.50 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +10% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +10% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +10% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $291.53 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $294.47 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $301.95 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $305.44 | ↑ +25% |
| 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% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $421.07 | ↑ +73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $426.40 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $437.06 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $437.06 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $533.00 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $549.00 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $549.00 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $549.00 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $599.65 | ↑ +146% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,432.00 | ↑ +899% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $2,895.00 | ↑ +1089% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,331.00 | ↑ +1269% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,441.00 | ↑ +1314% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,116.00 | ↑ +1591% |
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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $240.76 | $57.17 – $437.06 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $420.48 | $68.09 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $298.17 | $42.14 – $449.11 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $442.68 | $286.64 – $292.49 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $493.92 | $57.17 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $339.00 | $32.86 – $124.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $452.37 | $57.17 – $807.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $498.27 | $302.01 – $1,333.00 |