J-tube placement at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$123.66
Cash price 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.
$458.00
Gross charge 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.
$15.00 with MEDI-CAL vs $274.33 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $15.00 | ↓ -88% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | $15.00 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTHNET MCARE | HEALTHNET MCARE | $122.10 | ↓ -1% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $122.10 | ↓ -1% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $122.10 | ↓ -1% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $122.10 | ↓ -1% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $129.43 | ↑ +5% |
| NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | $133.09 | ↑ +8% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $134.31 | ↑ +9% |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | $140.42 | ↑ +14% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $146.52 | ↑ +18% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $159.18 | ↑ +29% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $169.72 | ↑ +37% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $177.90 | ↑ +44% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $183.15 | ↑ +48% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $189.05 | ↑ +53% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $189.05 | ↑ +53% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $217.98 | ↑ +76% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $230.35 | ↑ +86% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $274.33 | ↑ +122% |
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J-tube placement at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $250.42 | $97.28 – $368.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,938.70 | $2,138.67 – $7,049.69 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,907.01 | $240.83 – $7,841.79 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,215.59 | $768.60 – $3,074.40 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,138.54 | $209.82 – $3,426.39 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $87.02 | $4.15 – $263.17 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $467.40 | $128.35 – $310.05 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $87.02 | $15.00 – $263.17 |