Sodium chloride 3 % ivpb 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

$14.49

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$76.28

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.22 with BLUE CROSS NON-MCS vs $92.46 with VALLEY CHILDRENS - ALL PLANS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS $0.22 ↓ -98%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $0.22 ↓ -98%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $0.26 ↓ -98%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $0.28 ↓ -98%
UHC CSP UHC CSP $0.28 ↓ -98%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $0.28 ↓ -98%
AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS $0.44 ↓ -97%
AETNA MCR ADV AETNA MCR ADV $19.98 ↑ +38%
INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS $22.01 ↑ +52%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $23.10 ↑ +59%
WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS $25.87 ↑ +79%
KAISER - ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER - ALL OTHER PLANS $27.52 ↑ +90%
HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS $29.39 ↑ +103%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $32.69 ↑ +126%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $34.84 ↑ +140%
PHCS PPO- ALL PLANS PHCS PPO- ALL PLANS $35.77 ↑ +147%
COMMUNITY HLTH NTWORK-ALL PLANS COMMUNITY HLTH NTWORK-ALL PLANS $36.87 ↑ +154%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $40.84 ↑ +182%
FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH - ALL PLANS $42.93 ↑ +196%
CHOICECARE- ALL PLANS CHOICECARE- ALL PLANS $45.13 ↑ +211%
MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN- ALL PLANS $45.68 ↑ +215%
BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS $46.78 ↑ +223%
PREFERRED HEALTH NETWORK- ALL PLANS PREFERRED HEALTH NETWORK- ALL PLANS $52.28 ↑ +261%
PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE- ALL PLANS PACIFIC HEALTH ALLIANCE- ALL PLANS $53.38 ↑ +268%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $55.03 ↑ +280%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $55.03 ↑ +280%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $72.09 ↑ +398%
FRESNO - ALL PLANS FRESNO - ALL PLANS $90.81 ↑ +527%
VALLEY CHILDRENS - ALL PLANS VALLEY CHILDRENS - ALL PLANS $92.46 ↑ +538%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Sodium chloride 3 % ivpb at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $24.70 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $0.09 – $11.70
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $24.70 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $24.70 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $24.70 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $22.93 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $22.93 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $24.70 not published

All California hospitals for this procedure →