Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference 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

$45.60

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.

$240.00

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.

$1.64 with AETNA MCR ADV vs $176.22 with BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER 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 $1.64 ↓ -96%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $1.90 ↓ -96%
WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS $2.08 ↓ -95%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $2.12 ↓ -95%
KAISER - ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.26 ↓ -95%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.33 ↓ -95%
HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.41 ↓ -95%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $2.68 ↓ -94%
PHCS PPO- ALL PLANS PHCS PPO- ALL PLANS $2.94 ↓ -94%
COMMUNITY HLTH NTWORK-ALL PLANS COMMUNITY HLTH NTWORK-ALL PLANS $3.03 ↓ -93%
FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS $3.53 ↓ -92%
CHOICECARE- ALL PLANS CHOICECARE- ALL PLANS $3.71 ↓ -92%
MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS $3.75 ↓ -92%
INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS $3.80 ↓ -92%
BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS $3.84 ↓ -92%
PREFERRED HEALTH NETWORK- ALL PLANS PREFERRED HEALTH NETWORK- ALL PLANS $4.29 ↓ -91%
PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE- ALL PLANS PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE- ALL PLANS $4.38 ↓ -90%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $4.52 ↓ -90%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $4.52 ↓ -90%
FRESNO - ALL PLANS FRESNO - ALL PLANS $4.52 ↓ -90%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $4.52 ↓ -90%
VALLEY CHILDRENS - ALL PLANS VALLEY CHILDRENS - ALL PLANS $4.52 ↓ -90%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $6.82 ↓ -85%
UHC CSP UHC CSP $48.14 ↑ +6%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $48.14 ↑ +6%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $48.14 ↑ +6%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $75.87 ↑ +66%
PRIME HEALTH MCR ADV- ALL PLANS PRIME HEALTH MCR ADV- ALL PLANS $75.87 ↑ +66%
KEY MEDICAL MCR ADV KEY MEDICAL MCR ADV $75.87 ↑ +66%
HEALTHNET MCR ADV HEALTHNET MCR ADV $75.87 ↑ +66%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $75.87 ↑ +66%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $75.87 ↑ +66%
FHCN PACE MCR ADV-ALL PLANS FHCN PACE MCR ADV-ALL PLANS $75.87 ↑ +66%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $75.87 ↑ +66%
AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS $87.06 ↑ +91%
KEY MEDICAL GROUP COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS KEY MEDICAL GROUP COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS $91.05 ↑ +100%
BRIGHT HEALTH MCR ADV-ALL PLANS BRIGHT HEALTH MCR ADV-ALL PLANS $119.12 ↑ +161%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $136.57 ↑ +199%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS $146.86 ↑ +222%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $152.00 ↑ +233%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $176.22 ↑ +286%

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