Graft xenmtrx sft rect 19x28cm 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

$734.67

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.

$2,721.00

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.

$166.82 with TRICARE BLUE SHIELD vs $1,132.62 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
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $166.82 ↓ -77%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $166.82 ↓ -77%
KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY $166.82 ↓ -77%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $166.82 ↓ -77%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $166.82 ↓ -77%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $213.53 ↓ -71%
KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS $286.93 ↓ -61%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $368.76 ↓ -50%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $371.39 ↓ -49%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $373.15 ↓ -49%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $375.35 ↓ -49%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $408.62 ↓ -44%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $417.93 ↓ -43%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $430.13 ↓ -41%
KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS $439.00 ↓ -40%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $439.00 ↓ -40%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $455.86 ↓ -38%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $465.34 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $506.52 ↓ -31%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $790.20 ↑ +8%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $878.00 ↑ +20%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $878.00 ↑ +20%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $878.00 ↑ +20%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $904.34 ↑ +23%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $1,077.31 ↑ +47%
KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL $1,132.62 ↑ +54%

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Graft xenmtrx sft rect 19x28cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $63.84 – $207.48
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $5,172.23 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $5,172.23 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $687.12 $348.50 – $824.50
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $5,172.23 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,410.08 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,103.20 $61.18 – $260.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,926.29 $50.54 – $260.68

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