IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$178.83
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.
$482.00
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.
$22.11 with Kaiser vs $871.00 with United — 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 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.34 | ↓ -81% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.34 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -67% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $58.90 | ↓ -67% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $64.49 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $79.67 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $112.79 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $118.17 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $131.33 | ↓ -27% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $224.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $246.40 | ↑ +38% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $291.20 | ↑ +63% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $313.60 | ↑ +75% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $340.48 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $348.75 | ↑ +95% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $358.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $381.30 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $381.30 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $448.00 | ↑ +151% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $448.00 | ↑ +151% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $448.00 | ↑ +151% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $448.00 | ↑ +151% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $448.00 | ↑ +151% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $448.00 | ↑ +151% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $871.00 | ↑ +387% |
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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $176.90 | $22.11 – $381.30 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $240.90 | $27.20 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $68.24 | $9.23 – $98.94 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $642.60 | $63.10 – $64.39 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $93.74 | $22.11 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $542.79 | $22.11 – $611.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $85.85 | $22.11 – $199.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,011.84 | $66.49 – $66.49 |