Hyperbaric oxygen therapy 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

$68.58

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.

$254.00

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.

$92.90 with MEDI-CAL vs $389.57 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 $92.90 ↑ +35%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $92.90 ↑ +35%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $110.54 ↑ +61%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $110.54 ↑ +61%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $110.54 ↑ +61%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $110.54 ↑ +61%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $119.51 ↑ +74%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $120.49 ↑ +76%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $121.59 ↑ +77%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $124.54 ↑ +82%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $127.12 ↑ +85%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $132.65 ↑ +93%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $143.95 ↑ +110%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $143.95 ↑ +110%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $153.65 ↑ +124%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $161.06 ↑ +135%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $165.81 ↑ +142%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $331.37 ↑ +383%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $350.18 ↑ +411%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $389.57 ↑ +468%

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,445.62 $106.60 – $12,607.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $347.31 not published
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,091.04 $106.60 – $1,954.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $644.18 $123.50 – $714.87
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $48.26 $3.16 – $393.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $1,598.40 $106.60 – $1,201.00
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $640.49 $92.90 – $384.60
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $290.85 $92.90 – $482.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →