Exploration retroperitoneal area 49010 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

$830.79

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.

$3,077.00

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.

$35.00 with MEDI-CAL vs $1,702.79 with BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS — 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 $35.00 ↓ -96%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $35.00 ↓ -96%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $844.01 ↑ +2%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $844.01 ↑ +2%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $844.01 ↑ +2%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $844.01 ↑ +2%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $858.69 ↑ +3%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $919.97 ↑ +11%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $928.41 ↑ +12%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $970.61 ↑ +17%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $1,012.81 ↑ +22%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $1,053.35 ↑ +27%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,125.76 ↑ +36%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $1,173.17 ↑ +41%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $1,189.68 ↑ +43%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,224.94 ↑ +47%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $1,224.94 ↑ +47%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,229.72 ↑ +48%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $1,266.02 ↑ +52%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,702.79 ↑ +105%

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Exploration retroperitoneal area 49010 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $584.63 $26.89 – $13,738.59
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $1,694.00 $1,142.00 – $15,403.87
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $584.63 $421.82 – $8,326.42
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $461.55 $35.00 – $8,326.42
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $2,030.82 $60.00 – $1,247.23
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $923.10 $421.82 – $1,641.75
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $215.39 $30.00 – $17,077.46
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $523.09 $65.00 – $1,641.75

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