Heparin bolus from bag at ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO
1401 Garces Hwy, Delano, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1144237272
$12.80
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.
$64.00
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.
$3.35 with BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $19.74 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 | $3.35 | ↓ -74% |
| ANTHEM MCAL | ANTHEM MCAL | $5.48 | ↓ -57% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $8.41 | ↓ -34% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $9.18 | ↓ -28% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $9.94 | ↓ -22% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $10.46 | ↓ -18% |
| WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | $10.54 | ↓ -18% |
| COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS | $10.71 | ↓ -16% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $11.01 | ↓ -14% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $11.01 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $11.29 | ↓ -12% |
| FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P | FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P | $11.47 | ↓ -10% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $12.24 | ↓ -4% |
| ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS | $12.73 | ↓ -1% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $13.00 | ↑ +2% |
| DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY | DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY | $15.30 | ↑ +20% |
| KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | $15.30 | ↑ +20% |
| UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL | UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL | $15.30 | ↑ +20% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $15.30 | ↑ +20% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $18.22 | ↑ +42% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL | $19.74 | ↑ +54% |
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Heparin bolus from bag at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $94.08 | $0.22 – $0.22 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $0.33 – $20.10 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $94.08 | $0.22 – $0.22 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $94.08 | $0.22 – $0.22 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $94.08 | $0.22 – $0.22 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $87.36 | $0.22 – $0.22 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $87.36 | $0.22 – $0.22 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $94.08 | $0.22 – $0.22 |