CT lwr extremity w/o&w/dye 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

$1,032.48

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.

$3,824.00

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.

$8.84 with BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS vs $459.52 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
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $8.84 ↓ -99%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $31.90 ↓ -97%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $56.94 ↓ -94%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $56.94 ↓ -94%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $56.94 ↓ -94%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $56.94 ↓ -94%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $62.06 ↓ -94%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $62.63 ↓ -94%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $65.48 ↓ -94%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $68.24 ↓ -93%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $68.33 ↓ -93%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $82.96 ↓ -92%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $84.84 ↓ -92%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $85.41 ↓ -92%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $103.63 ↓ -90%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $109.51 ↓ -89%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $112.00 ↓ -89%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $112.00 ↓ -89%
KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY $164.35 ↓ -84%
KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS $282.68 ↓ -73%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $298.84 ↓ -71%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $298.84 ↓ -71%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $356.22 ↓ -65%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $366.91 ↓ -64%
KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS $432.50 ↓ -58%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $437.08 ↓ -58%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $449.11 ↓ -57%
KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL $459.52 ↓ -55%

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CT lwr extremity w/o&w/dye at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $3,656.80 $303.00 – $303.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,254.00 $226.19 – $2,233.14
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $3,656.80 $303.00 – $303.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $3,656.80 $303.00 – $303.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $3,656.80 $303.00 – $303.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $2,652.00 $198.00 – $198.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $2,652.00 $198.00 – $198.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $3,656.80 $303.00 – $303.00

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