Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO

1401 Garces Hwy, Delano, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1144237272

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 29, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,145.67

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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.

$5,728.34

Gross charge

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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.

$1,254.51 with BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $6,822.45 with HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,254.51 ↑ +10%
ANTHEM MCAL ANTHEM MCAL $1,258.35 ↑ +10%
KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL $2,348.62 ↑ +105%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $3,150.58 ↑ +175%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $3,437.00 ↑ +200%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $3,553.00 ↑ +210%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $3,915.89 ↑ +242%
WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS $3,946.82 ↑ +244%
COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS $4,009.83 ↑ +250%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $4,122.11 ↑ +260%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $4,122.11 ↑ +260%
AETNA- ALL PLANS AETNA- ALL PLANS $4,227.51 ↑ +269%
FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P $4,296.25 ↑ +275%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $4,582.67 ↑ +300%
ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS $4,766.55 ↑ +316%
GEM CARE- ALL PLANS GEM CARE- ALL PLANS $4,869.08 ↑ +325%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $5,728.34 ↑ +400%
DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY $5,728.34 ↑ +400%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $5,728.34 ↑ +400%
UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL $5,728.34 ↑ +400%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $6,822.45 ↑ +495%

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $221.20 $836.00 – $836.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,621.83 $61.37 – $6,449.82
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $221.20 $836.00 – $836.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $221.20 $836.00 – $836.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $221.20 $836.00 – $836.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $205.40 $836.00 – $836.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $205.40 $836.00 – $836.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $221.20 $836.00 – $836.00

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