Art byp grft brachial-brchl 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

$940.14

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.

$3,482.00

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.

$35.00 with MEDI-CAL vs $2,160.82 with BLUE CROSS NON-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
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $35.00 ↓ -96%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $35.00 ↓ -96%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $954.89 ↑ +2%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $954.89 ↑ +2%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $954.89 ↑ +2%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $954.89 ↑ +2%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $1,040.83 ↑ +11%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $1,050.38 ↑ +12%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $1,098.12 ↑ +17%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $1,127.10 ↑ +20%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $1,145.87 ↑ +22%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $1,296.27 ↑ +38%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $1,327.30 ↑ +41%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,391.27 ↑ +48%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $1,432.34 ↑ +52%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $1,503.73 ↑ +60%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,503.73 ↑ +60%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,841.61 ↑ +96%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $1,946.18 ↑ +107%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $2,160.82 ↑ +130%

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Art byp grft brachial-brchl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $661.58 $33.01 – $2,118.50
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $661.58 $65.00 – $2,118.50
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $522.30 $664.56 – $2,160.82
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $2,298.12 $65.00 – $1,946.18
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $1,044.60 $60.00 – $2,328.33
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $243.74 $30.00 – $2,118.50
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $591.94 $132.91 – $2,328.33
ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare $661.58 $30.00 – $2,012.29

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