Dstr mal les s/n/h/f/g >4.0 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

$271.62

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.

$1,006.00

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.

$30.00 with MEDI-CAL vs $992.00 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE — 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
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $30.00 ↓ -89%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $30.00 ↓ -89%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $170.09 ↓ -37%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $170.09 ↓ -37%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $170.09 ↓ -37%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $170.09 ↓ -37%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $178.90 ↓ -34%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $184.27 ↓ -32%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $185.40 ↓ -32%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $187.10 ↓ -31%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $195.60 ↓ -28%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $195.98 ↓ -28%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $204.11 ↓ -25%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $219.51 ↓ -19%
KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL $230.78 ↓ -15%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $236.43 ↓ -13%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $243.60 ↓ -10%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $247.82 ↓ -9%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $255.14 ↓ -6%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $266.95 ↓ -2%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $266.95 ↓ -2%
KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY $304.25 ↑ +12%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $338.16 ↑ +24%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $357.36 ↑ +32%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $456.00 ↑ +68%
KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS $503.00 ↑ +85%
KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS $523.31 ↑ +93%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $992.00 ↑ +265%

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Dstr mal les s/n/h/f/g >4.0 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $1,713.60 not published
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $1,713.60 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,713.60 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,713.60 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $1,713.60 not published
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $1,713.60 not published
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $1,713.60 not published
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $1,713.60 not published

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