Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO
1401 Garces Hwy, Delano, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1144237272
$3.63
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.
$18.14
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.
$1.33 with BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $7.82 with KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL — 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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| BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1.33 | ↓ -63% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.33 | ↓ -8% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $3.64 | ↑ +0% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $3.94 | ↑ +9% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $4.14 | ↑ +14% |
| WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | $4.18 | ↑ +15% |
| COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS | $4.24 | ↑ +17% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.36 | ↑ +20% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $4.36 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $4.47 | ↑ +23% |
| FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P | FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P | $4.55 | ↑ +25% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $4.85 | ↑ +34% |
| ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS | $5.04 | ↑ +39% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $5.15 | ↑ +42% |
| DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY | DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY | $6.06 | ↑ +67% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $6.06 | ↑ +67% |
| KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | $6.06 | ↑ +67% |
| UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL | UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL | $6.06 | ↑ +67% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $7.22 | ↑ +99% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL | $7.82 | ↑ +115% |
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Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $8.76 | $0.07 – $4.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5.61 | $0.12 – $0.43 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5.57 | $0.09 – $3.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3.92 | $1.53 – $5.77 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5.10 | $0.07 – $3.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4.09 | $0.04 – $3.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7.34 | $0.09 – $3.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5.61 | $0.12 – $0.47 |