Home health care supervision 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

$93.42

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.

$346.00

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.

$85.73 with AETNA-ALL PLANS vs $346.00 with MEDI-CAL — 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
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $85.73 ↓ -8%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $100.46 ↑ +8%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $115.26 ↑ +23%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $115.26 ↑ +23%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $173.00 ↑ +85%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $198.41 ↑ +112%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $206.58 ↑ +121%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $209.68 ↑ +124%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $276.80 ↑ +196%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $346.00 ↑ +270%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $346.00 ↑ +270%

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Home health care supervision at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $65.74 $2.53 – $692.00
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $65.74 $100.46 – $581.28
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $51.90 $85.73 – $487.86
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $228.36 $20.67 – $501.70
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $103.80 $96.81 – $346.00
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $24.22 $100.46 – $415.20
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $58.82 $148.10 – $692.00
ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare $65.74 $90.23 – $346.00

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