Off/op consltj new/est sf 20 at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$49.41
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.
$183.00
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.
$55.00 with UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA vs $163.20 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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| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $55.00 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $61.60 | ↑ +25% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $77.82 | ↑ +57% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $88.00 | ↑ +78% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $89.29 | ↑ +81% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $89.29 | ↑ +81% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $103.61 | ↑ +110% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $109.49 | ↑ +122% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $110.00 | ↑ +123% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | $110.00 | ↑ +123% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $163.20 | ↑ +230% |
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Off/op consltj new/est sf 20 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $163.17 | $63.39 – $240.10 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $70.04 | $81.60 – $136.00 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $34.77 | $1.96 – $220.00 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $33.60 | $84.07 – $224.00 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $20.90 | $77.82 – $184.80 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $19.20 | $61.60 – $163.20 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO | Delano | $95.60 | $478.00 – $616.62 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $120.78 | $20.67 – $159.50 |