Bone marrow imaging ltd 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

$26.46

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.

$98.00

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.

Full explanation →

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

$25.21 with TRICARE BLUE SHIELD vs $221.85 with UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER 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
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $25.21 ↓ -5%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $25.21 ↓ -5%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $25.21 ↓ -5%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $25.21 ↓ -5%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $25.44 ↓ -4%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $27.48 ↑ +4%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $27.73 ↑ +5%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $28.99 ↑ +10%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $30.25 ↑ +14%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $30.62 ↑ +16%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $34.27 ↑ +30%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $36.21 ↑ +37%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $36.73 ↑ +39%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $37.56 ↑ +42%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $37.82 ↑ +43%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $48.55 ↑ +83%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $93.25 ↑ +252%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $93.25 ↑ +252%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $221.85 ↑ +738%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $221.85 ↑ +738%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Bone marrow imaging ltd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $1,243.20 $537.00 – $537.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $1,243.20 $537.00 – $537.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,243.20 $537.00 – $537.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,243.20 $537.00 – $537.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,216.80 $365.00 – $365.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,216.80 $365.00 – $365.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $1,243.20 $537.00 – $537.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $997.11 $80.37 – $1,441.42

All California hospitals for this procedure →