Unlisted procedure microbiology at ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO
1401 Garces Hwy, Delano, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1144237272
$88.60
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.
$443.00
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.
$97.02 with BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $571.47 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 | $97.02 | ↑ +10% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $265.80 | ↑ +200% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $287.95 | ↑ +225% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $298.14 | ↑ +237% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $302.83 | ↑ +242% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $310.10 | ↑ +250% |
| COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN NETWORK - ALL PLANS | $310.10 | ↑ +250% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $318.78 | ↑ +260% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $318.78 | ↑ +260% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $326.93 | ↑ +269% |
| FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P | FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE OF KERN COUNTY - ALL P | $332.25 | ↑ +275% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $354.40 | ↑ +300% |
| WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | $358.83 | ↑ +305% |
| ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM - ALL OTHER PLANS | $368.62 | ↑ +316% |
| KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | $443.00 | ↑ +400% |
| UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL | UNIVERSAL CARE MCAL | $443.00 | ↑ +400% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $443.00 | ↑ +400% |
| DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY | DIGNTY HLTH MCAL OP ONLY | $443.00 | ↑ +400% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $527.61 | ↑ +495% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEM MCAL | $571.47 | ↑ +545% |
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Unlisted procedure microbiology at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $571.71 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $166.86 | $91.13 – $382.05 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $152.82 | $105.26 – $382.05 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $544.68 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $653.82 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $544.68 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $544.68 | not published |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $97.65 | $49.00 – $350.00 |