External newborn metabolic screening panel 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

$47.20

Cash price

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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.

$236.00

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.

$4.38 with BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $197.33 with ANTHEM 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.

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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 $4.38 ↓ -91%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $12.00 ↓ -75%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $13.00 ↓ -72%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $13.46 ↓ -71%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $13.67 ↓ -71%
GEM CARE- ALL PLANS GEM CARE- ALL PLANS $14.00 ↓ -70%
COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS $14.00 ↓ -70%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $14.39 ↓ -70%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $14.39 ↓ -70%
FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P $15.00 ↓ -68%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $16.00 ↓ -66%
WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS $16.20 ↓ -66%
ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS $16.64 ↓ -65%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $20.00 ↓ -58%
DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY $20.00 ↓ -58%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $20.00 ↓ -58%
UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL $20.00 ↓ -58%
AETNA- ALL PLANS AETNA- ALL PLANS $21.07 ↓ -55%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $23.82 ↓ -50%
KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL $25.80 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM MCAL ANTHEM MCAL $197.33 ↑ +318%

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External newborn metabolic screening panel at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $109.76 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $91.98 $56.70 – $163.80
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $109.76 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $109.76 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $109.76 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $109.76 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $122.48 $72.57 – $348.15
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $109.76 not published

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