Graft repair of spine defect 63710 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

$997.38

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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.

$3,694.00

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.

$841.40 with UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY vs $2,768.93 with BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS — same scan, same building. Share

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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 MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $841.40 ↓ -16%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $841.40 ↓ -16%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $1,005.84 ↑ +1%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $1,031.75 ↑ +3%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $1,031.75 ↑ +3%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $1,031.75 ↑ +3%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $1,031.75 ↑ +3%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $1,124.61 ↑ +13%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $1,134.93 ↑ +14%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $1,186.51 ↑ +19%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $1,222.64 ↑ +23%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $1,238.10 ↑ +24%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,430.38 ↑ +43%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $1,430.38 ↑ +43%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $1,434.13 ↑ +44%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,494.53 ↑ +50%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,503.26 ↑ +51%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $1,547.63 ↑ +55%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $1,579.38 ↑ +58%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $2,768.93 ↑ +178%

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Graft repair of spine defect 63710 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $701.86 $31.40 – $2,612.92
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $701.86 $65.00 – $2,612.92
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $554.10 $168.28 – $2,768.93
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $2,438.04 $168.28 – $1,579.38
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $1,108.20 $35.00 – $2,822.03
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $258.58 $35.00 – $2,612.92
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $627.98 $841.40 – $2,822.03
ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare $701.86 $841.40 – $2,438.77

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