Cholesterol body fluid 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

$29.45

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.

$155.00

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.

$3.64 with AETNA MCR ADV vs $16.85 with VALLEY CHILDRENS - 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
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $3.64 ↓ -88%
UHC CSP UHC CSP $3.79 ↓ -87%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $4.00 ↓ -86%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $4.04 ↓ -86%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $4.21 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $4.56 ↓ -85%
WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS $4.61 ↓ -84%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $4.71 ↓ -84%
KAISER - ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER - ALL OTHER PLANS $5.02 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $5.07 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS $5.07 ↓ -83%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $5.17 ↓ -82%
HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS $5.36 ↓ -82%
AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS $5.52 ↓ -81%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $5.96 ↓ -80%
PHCS PPO- ALL PLANS PHCS PPO- ALL PLANS $6.52 ↓ -78%
COMMUNITY HLTH NTWORK-ALL PLANS COMMUNITY HLTH NTWORK-ALL PLANS $6.72 ↓ -77%
FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS $7.82 ↓ -73%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $7.95 ↓ -73%
CHOICECARE- ALL PLANS CHOICECARE- ALL PLANS $8.22 ↓ -72%
MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS $8.32 ↓ -72%
INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS $8.43 ↓ -71%
BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS $8.53 ↓ -71%
PREFERRED HEALTH NETWORK- ALL PLANS PREFERRED HEALTH NETWORK- ALL PLANS $9.53 ↓ -68%
PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE- ALL PLANS PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE- ALL PLANS $9.73 ↓ -67%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $10.03 ↓ -66%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $10.03 ↓ -66%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $13.14 ↓ -55%
FRESNO - ALL PLANS FRESNO - ALL PLANS $16.55 ↓ -44%
VALLEY CHILDRENS - ALL PLANS VALLEY CHILDRENS - ALL PLANS $16.85 ↓ -43%

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Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $53.76 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8.76 $2.39 – $93.85
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Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $53.76 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $53.76 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $75.40 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $75.40 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $53.76 not published

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