Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx 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

$800.28

Cash price

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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.

$2,964.00

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.

$240.16 with UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA vs $1,630.56 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 $240.16 ↓ -70%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $240.16 ↓ -70%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $240.16 ↓ -70%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $240.16 ↓ -70%
KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY $240.16 ↓ -70%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $307.40 ↓ -62%
KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS $413.08 ↓ -48%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $530.88 ↓ -34%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $534.67 ↓ -33%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $540.36 ↓ -32%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $588.27 ↓ -26%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $601.66 ↓ -25%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $619.23 ↓ -23%
KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS $632.00 ↓ -21%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $632.00 ↓ -21%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $669.92 ↓ -16%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $973.28 ↑ +22%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $987.18 ↑ +23%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $992.00 ↑ +24%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,102.00 ↑ +38%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $1,137.60 ↑ +42%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $1,264.00 ↑ +58%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $1,264.00 ↑ +58%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $1,264.00 ↑ +58%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $1,301.92 ↑ +63%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $1,550.93 ↑ +94%
KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL $1,630.56 ↑ +104%

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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,797.95 $6.21 – $17.94
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $5,175.50 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $5,175.50 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,635.87 $243.54 – $576.18
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $5,175.50 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $11,757.56 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,555.40 $11.50 – $22.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $374.30 $33.89 – $128.38

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