Ligation/major artery/extremity 37618 at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$353.97
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.
$1,311.00
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.
$20.00 with MEDI-CAL vs $676.72 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 | $20.00 | ↓ -94% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | $20.00 | ↓ -94% |
| HEALTHNET MCARE | HEALTHNET MCARE | $366.66 | ↑ +4% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $366.66 | ↑ +4% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $366.66 | ↑ +4% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $366.66 | ↑ +4% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $371.85 | ↑ +5% |
| NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | $399.66 | ↑ +13% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $403.33 | ↑ +14% |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | $421.66 | ↑ +19% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $436.43 | ↑ +23% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $439.99 | ↑ +24% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $509.66 | ↑ +44% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $511.57 | ↑ +45% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $511.57 | ↑ +45% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $523.52 | ↑ +48% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $534.22 | ↑ +51% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $549.99 | ↑ +55% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $553.24 | ↑ +56% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $676.72 | ↑ +91% |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,563.59 | $1,921.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,057.67 | $5,592.00 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,057.67 | $5,835.00 – $10,413.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,377.22 | $2,335.00 – $2,335.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $15,173.52 | $5,981.00 – $9,031.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,057.67 | $2,238.00 – $6,732.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,112.48 | $4,666.00 – $9,718.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,822.40 | $1,142.00 – $6,483.00 |