Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO
1401 Garces Hwy, Delano, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1144237272
$5.98
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.
$29.91
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.
$0.57 with ANTHEM MCAL vs $8.53 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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| ANTHEM MCAL | ANTHEM MCAL | $0.57 | ↓ -90% |
| UNIVERSAL CARE MCR- ALL OTHER PLANS | UNIVERSAL CARE MCR- ALL OTHER PLANS | $0.63 | ↓ -89% |
| KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | $0.63 | ↓ -89% |
| HEALTHNET MCR ADV | HEALTHNET MCR ADV | $0.63 | ↓ -89% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $0.63 | ↓ -89% |
| BAKERSFIELD FAM MED GRP-ALL PLANS | BAKERSFIELD FAM MED GRP-ALL PLANS | $0.63 | ↓ -89% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | $0.63 | ↓ -89% |
| KERN MCR ADV DUAL DNSP-ALL OTHER PLANS | KERN MCR ADV DUAL DNSP-ALL OTHER PLANS | $0.63 | ↓ -89% |
| OSCAR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE-ALL PLANS | OSCAR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE-ALL PLANS | $1.01 | ↓ -83% |
| KAISER COMM IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER COMM IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | $1.08 | ↓ -82% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $1.13 | ↓ -81% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $1.42 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1.45 | ↓ -76% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $3.97 | ↓ -34% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $4.30 | ↓ -28% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.45 | ↓ -26% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $4.52 | ↓ -24% |
| COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS | $4.63 | ↓ -23% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $4.63 | ↓ -23% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.76 | ↓ -20% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $4.76 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $4.88 | ↓ -18% |
| FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P | FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P | $4.96 | ↓ -17% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $5.29 | ↓ -12% |
| WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | $5.36 | ↓ -10% |
| ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS | $5.50 | ↓ -8% |
| KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | $6.61 | ↑ +11% |
| DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY | DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY | $6.61 | ↑ +11% |
| UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL | UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL | $6.61 | ↑ +11% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $6.61 | ↑ +11% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $7.87 | ↑ +32% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL | $8.53 | ↑ +43% |
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Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $7.91 | $0.63 – $4.52 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $13.66 | $0.63 – $17.63 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $7.96 | $0.63 – $5.85 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $10.04 | $0.57 – $9.38 |
| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $2.88 | $0.63 – $6.50 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $13.93 | $5.98 – $17.95 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL | Clearlake | $20.70 | $4.81 – $7.93 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $15.00 | $7.96 – $7.96 |