Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$523.80
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.
$1,940.00
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.
$277.97 with TRICARE BLUE SHIELD vs $1,887.27 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.
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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| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $277.97 | ↓ -47% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $277.97 | ↓ -47% |
| KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | $277.97 | ↓ -47% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $277.97 | ↓ -47% |
| HEALTHNET MCARE | HEALTHNET MCARE | $277.97 | ↓ -47% |
| NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | $355.80 | ↓ -32% |
| KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | $478.11 | ↓ -9% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $614.46 | ↑ +17% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $618.85 | ↑ +18% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $621.78 | ↑ +19% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $625.43 | ↑ +19% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $680.88 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $696.39 | ↑ +33% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $716.72 | ↑ +37% |
| KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS | KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS | $731.50 | ↑ +40% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $731.50 | ↑ +40% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $775.39 | ↑ +48% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $992.00 | ↑ +89% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,102.00 | ↑ +110% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $1,316.70 | ↑ +151% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $1,463.00 | ↑ +179% |
| KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | $1,463.00 | ↑ +179% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | $1,463.00 | ↑ +179% |
| BC MCAL | BC MCAL | $1,506.89 | ↑ +188% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $1,795.10 | ↑ +243% |
| KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL | KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL | $1,887.27 | ↑ +260% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6,152.59 | $186.24 – $605.28 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $5,193.50 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $5,193.50 | not published |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,027.38 | $68.06 – $161.02 |
| Panorama Medical Center | PANORAMA CITY | $5,193.50 | not published |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,647.99 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,624.54 | $5.29 – $22.54 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,321.35 | $303.20 – $1,148.56 |