Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device 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

$2,997.00

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.

$11,100.00

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.

$20.90 with UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA vs $141.90 with KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM 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
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $20.90 ↓ -99%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $20.90 ↓ -99%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $20.90 ↓ -99%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $20.90 ↓ -99%
KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY $20.90 ↓ -99%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $26.75 ↓ -99%
KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS $35.95 ↓ -99%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $46.20 ↓ -98%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $46.53 ↓ -98%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $47.03 ↓ -98%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $51.19 ↓ -98%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $52.36 ↓ -98%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $53.89 ↓ -98%
KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS $55.00 ↓ -98%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $55.00 ↓ -98%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $57.11 ↓ -98%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $58.30 ↓ -98%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $63.46 ↓ -98%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $84.70 ↓ -97%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $85.91 ↓ -97%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $99.00 ↓ -97%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $110.00 ↓ -96%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $110.00 ↓ -96%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $110.00 ↓ -96%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $113.30 ↓ -96%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $134.97 ↓ -95%
KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL $141.90 ↓ -95%

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Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,686.67 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,686.67 not published
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $1,686.67 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,934.30 not published
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,934.30 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,757.06 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,313.98 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,757.06 not published

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