Ped critical care initial 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

$504.36

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.

$1,868.00

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.

$299.00 with MEDI-CAL vs $1,102.00 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 $299.00 ↓ -41%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $299.00 ↓ -41%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $304.25 ↓ -40%
KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY $304.25 ↓ -40%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $304.25 ↓ -40%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $304.25 ↓ -40%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $389.44 ↓ -23%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $428.89 ↓ -15%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $441.75 ↓ -12%
KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS $523.31 ↑ +4%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $526.24 ↑ +4%
KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL $553.26 ↑ +10%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $681.90 ↑ +35%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $684.56 ↑ +36%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $716.35 ↑ +42%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $750.09 ↑ +49%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $784.19 ↑ +55%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $784.56 ↑ +56%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $790.16 ↑ +57%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $818.28 ↑ +62%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $934.00 ↑ +85%
KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS $934.00 ↑ +85%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $976.73 ↑ +94%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $992.00 ↑ +97%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $993.53 ↑ +97%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,024.51 ↑ +103%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $1,024.51 ↑ +103%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,102.00 ↑ +118%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $354.92 $22.49 – $1,396.11
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $354.92 $139.00 – $1,396.11
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $280.20 $299.00 – $1,414.96
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $1,232.88 $278.92 – $1,203.46
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $560.40 $299.00 – $1,417.17
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $135.24 $152.00 – $1,396.11
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $317.56 $152.00 – $1,417.17
ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare $354.92 $299.00 – $1,224.23

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