Blood Culture Test at HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

115 Mall Dr Hanford CA 93230|1141 Rose Avenue, Selma, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538141627

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$69.73

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.

$367.00

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.

$3.75 with BC MCAL vs $259.96 with PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE- ALL PLANS — 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
BC MCAL BC MCAL $3.75 ↓ -95%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $10.32 ↓ -85%
HEALTHNET MCR ADV HEALTHNET MCR ADV $10.32 ↓ -85%
PRIME HEALTH MCR ADV- ALL PLANS PRIME HEALTH MCR ADV- ALL PLANS $10.32 ↓ -85%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $10.32 ↓ -85%
KEY MEDICAL MCR ADV KEY MEDICAL MCR ADV $10.32 ↓ -85%
FHCN PACE MCR ADV-ALL PLANS FHCN PACE MCR ADV-ALL PLANS $10.32 ↓ -85%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $10.32 ↓ -85%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $10.32 ↓ -85%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $11.83 ↓ -83%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $11.83 ↓ -83%
UHC CSP UHC CSP $14.86 ↓ -79%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $14.86 ↓ -79%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $14.86 ↓ -79%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $15.50 ↓ -78%
BRIGHT HEALTH MCR ADV-ALL PLANS BRIGHT HEALTH MCR ADV-ALL PLANS $16.20 ↓ -77%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $18.58 ↓ -73%
FRESNO - ALL PLANS FRESNO - ALL PLANS $19.53 ↓ -72%
VALLEY CHILDRENS - ALL PLANS VALLEY CHILDRENS - ALL PLANS $19.88 ↓ -71%
KEY MEDICAL GROUP COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS KEY MEDICAL GROUP COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS $27.66 ↓ -60%
AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS $59.55 ↓ -15%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $97.28 ↑ +40%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS $105.25 ↑ +51%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $108.93 ↑ +56%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $112.51 ↑ +61%
WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS $123.28 ↑ +77%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $125.96 ↑ +81%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $126.30 ↑ +81%
KAISER - ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER - ALL OTHER PLANS $134.00 ↑ +92%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $138.02 ↑ +98%
HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS $143.11 ↑ +105%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $159.19 ↑ +128%
PHCS PPO- ALL PLANS PHCS PPO- ALL PLANS $174.20 ↑ +150%
COMMUNITY HLTH NTWORK-ALL PLANS COMMUNITY HLTH NTWORK-ALL PLANS $179.56 ↑ +158%
FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS $209.04 ↑ +200%
CHOICECARE- ALL PLANS CHOICECARE- ALL PLANS $219.76 ↑ +215%
MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS $222.44 ↑ +219%
INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS $225.12 ↑ +223%
BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS $227.80 ↑ +227%
PREFERRED HEALTH NETWORK- ALL PLANS PREFERRED HEALTH NETWORK- ALL PLANS $254.60 ↑ +265%
PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE- ALL PLANS PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE- ALL PLANS $259.96 ↑ +273%

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