Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI

1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$835.11

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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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$3,093.00

Gross charge

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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.

$165.81 with TRICARE BLUE SHIELD vs $1,546.50 with KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $165.81 ↓ -80%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $165.81 ↓ -80%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $165.81 ↓ -80%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $165.81 ↓ -80%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $180.73 ↓ -78%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $182.39 ↓ -78%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $184.29 ↓ -78%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $184.29 ↓ -78%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $184.29 ↓ -78%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $189.82 ↓ -77%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $190.68 ↓ -77%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $198.97 ↓ -76%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $209.25 ↓ -75%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $226.12 ↓ -73%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $230.48 ↓ -72%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $230.62 ↓ -72%
KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL $237.73 ↓ -72%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $241.59 ↓ -71%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $248.72 ↓ -70%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $259.66 ↓ -69%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $259.66 ↓ -69%
KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY $304.25 ↓ -64%
KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS $523.31 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $992.00 ↑ +19%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,102.00 ↑ +32%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,283.69 ↑ +54%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $1,356.57 ↑ +62%
KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS $1,546.50 ↑ +85%

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,597.83 $278.82 – $3,763.88
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $5,023.20 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $5,023.20 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $2,896.40 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $2,896.40 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,584.27 $304.08 – $2,943.95
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $5,023.20 not published
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $5,023.20 not published

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