Bone biopsy open superficial at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$129.33
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$479.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$40.00 with UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY vs $523.31 with KAISER IP/OP ONLY- 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | $40.00 | ↓ -69% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $40.00 | ↓ -69% |
| KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | $126.58 | ↓ -2% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $127.33 | ↓ -2% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $127.33 | ↓ -2% |
| HEALTHNET MCARE | HEALTHNET MCARE | $127.33 | ↓ -2% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $127.33 | ↓ -2% |
| BC MCAL | BC MCAL | $130.38 | ↑ +1% |
| NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | $138.79 | ↑ +7% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $140.06 | ↑ +8% |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | $146.43 | ↑ +13% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $152.80 | ↑ +18% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $155.31 | ↑ +20% |
| KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL | KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL | $163.29 | ↑ +26% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $175.33 | ↑ +36% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $176.99 | ↑ +37% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $185.52 | ↑ +43% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $191.00 | ↑ +48% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $191.78 | ↑ +48% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $191.78 | ↑ +48% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $202.62 | ↑ +57% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $209.22 | ↑ +62% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $239.50 | ↑ +85% |
| KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS | KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS | $239.50 | ↑ +85% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $248.70 | ↑ +92% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $276.34 | ↑ +114% |
| KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | $304.25 | ↑ +135% |
| KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | $523.31 | ↑ +305% |
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Bone biopsy open superficial at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,420.17 | $178.66 – $8,520.80 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $4,529.20 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $4,529.20 | not published |
| Panorama Medical Center | PANORAMA CITY | $4,529.20 | not published |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,230.05 | $2,570.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,815.02 | $4,124.29 – $16,652.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,849.19 | $3,735.95 – $16,652.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,327.24 | $3,125.00 – $5,198.77 |