Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance at ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO
1401 Garces Hwy, Delano, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1144237272
$504.60
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.
$2,523.00
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.
$220.03 with KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY vs $3,601.00 with UHC HMO — 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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| KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | $220.03 | ↓ -56% |
| DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY | DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY | $220.03 | ↓ -56% |
| UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL | UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL | $220.03 | ↓ -56% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $220.03 | ↓ -56% |
| ANTHEM MCAL | ANTHEM MCAL | $257.22 | ↓ -49% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $262.06 | ↓ -48% |
| CIRUGIA SIN FORNTERAS (CSF) - ALL PLANS | CIRUGIA SIN FORNTERAS (CSF) - ALL PLANS | $500.00 | ↓ -1% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | $508.08 | ↑ +1% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL | $904.80 | ↑ +79% |
| KERN MCR ADV DUAL DNSP-ALL OTHER PLANS | KERN MCR ADV DUAL DNSP-ALL OTHER PLANS | $907.88 | ↑ +80% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $907.88 | ↑ +80% |
| KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | $907.88 | ↑ +80% |
| HEALTHNET MCR ADV | HEALTHNET MCR ADV | $907.88 | ↑ +80% |
| UNIVERSAL CARE MCR- ALL OTHER PLANS | UNIVERSAL CARE MCR- ALL OTHER PLANS | $907.88 | ↑ +80% |
| BAKERSFIELD FAM MED GRP-ALL PLANS | BAKERSFIELD FAM MED GRP-ALL PLANS | $907.88 | ↑ +80% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | $907.88 | ↑ +80% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $1,392.00 | ↑ +176% |
| OSCAR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE-ALL PLANS | OSCAR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE-ALL PLANS | $1,452.61 | ↑ +188% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,561.36 | ↑ +209% |
| KAISER COMM IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER COMM IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,561.56 | ↑ +209% |
| COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS | $1,624.00 | ↑ +222% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $1,624.00 | ↑ +222% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $1,634.19 | ↑ +224% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $1,712.16 | ↑ +239% |
| FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P | FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P | $1,740.00 | ↑ +245% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $1,856.00 | ↑ +268% |
| WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | $1,879.20 | ↑ +272% |
| ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,930.47 | ↑ +283% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $2,042.73 | ↑ +305% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $2,830.00 | ↑ +461% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $3,196.20 | ↑ +533% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $3,601.00 | ↑ +614% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $3,662.40 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $738.03 | $332.89 – $1,617.30 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $3,662.40 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $3,662.40 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $3,662.40 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $2,220.40 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $2,220.40 | not published |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $3,662.40 | not published |