Screen/visual acuity/bilat/quant 99173 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

$41.23

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.

$217.00

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.

$37.03 with AETNA MCR ADV vs $340.00 with BC 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.

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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 $37.03 ↓ -10%
UHC CSP UHC CSP $38.54 ↓ -7%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $40.68 ↓ -1%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $41.03 ↓ -0%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $42.82 ↑ +4%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $46.42 ↑ +13%
WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS $47.94 ↑ +16%
KAISER - ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER - ALL OTHER PLANS $51.00 ↑ +24%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS $51.58 ↑ +25%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $51.58 ↑ +25%
HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS $54.47 ↑ +32%
AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS $56.10 ↑ +36%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $60.59 ↑ +47%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $64.57 ↑ +57%
PHCS PPO- ALL PLANS PHCS PPO- ALL PLANS $66.30 ↑ +61%
COMMUNITY HLTH NTWORK-ALL PLANS COMMUNITY HLTH NTWORK-ALL PLANS $68.34 ↑ +66%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $75.68 ↑ +84%
FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS $79.56 ↑ +93%
CHOICECARE- ALL PLANS CHOICECARE- ALL PLANS $83.64 ↑ +103%
MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS $84.66 ↑ +105%
INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS $85.68 ↑ +108%
BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS $86.70 ↑ +110%
PREFERRED HEALTH NETWORK- ALL PLANS PREFERRED HEALTH NETWORK- ALL PLANS $96.90 ↑ +135%
PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE- ALL PLANS PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE- ALL PLANS $98.94 ↑ +140%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $102.00 ↑ +147%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $102.00 ↑ +147%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $133.62 ↑ +224%
FRESNO - ALL PLANS FRESNO - ALL PLANS $168.30 ↑ +308%
VALLEY CHILDRENS - ALL PLANS VALLEY CHILDRENS - ALL PLANS $171.36 ↑ +316%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $340.00 ↑ +725%

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Screen/visual acuity/bilat/quant 99173 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3.33 $1.30 – $4.90
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $6.12 not published
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $6.18 $7.20 – $11.88
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $39.60 $57.20 – $79.20
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $9.89 $5.75 – $23.00
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $3.05 $4.80 – $5.88
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $41.23 $0.08 – $2,699.00
ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo $19.65 $36.00 – $36.00

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