Prolonged IV inf, req pump at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$389.18
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.
$1,049.00
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.
$283.23 with Kern Health System 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $283.23 | ↓ -27% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $283.23 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +8% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +8% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $448.00 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $463.60 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $492.80 | ↑ +27% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $582.40 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $627.20 | ↑ +61% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $680.96 | ↑ +75% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $716.80 | ↑ +84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $716.80 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $744.79 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $786.75 | ↑ +102% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $860.18 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $860.18 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $871.00 | ↑ +124% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $896.00 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $896.00 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $896.00 | ↑ +130% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $944.05 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,432.00 | ↑ +525% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,331.00 | ↑ +756% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,497.00 | ↑ +1056% |
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Prolonged IV inf, req pump at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $328.84 | $421.45 – $12,607.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $149.75 | $103.14 – $1,654.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $224.91 | $146.79 – $1,266.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $576.30 | $295.97 – $302.01 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $339.21 | $77.52 – $316.54 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $379.04 | $406.78 – $1,411.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $251.94 | $225.75 – $903.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $378.78 | $435.87 – $695.00 |