Pr discharge day management hospital ip/obs <=30 min on ecounter date 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

$53.73

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.

$199.00

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.

$37.60 with UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY vs $523.31 with KAISER IP/OP ONLY- 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
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $37.60 ↓ -30%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $37.60 ↓ -30%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $53.93 ↑ +0%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $55.55 ↑ +3%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $64.20 ↑ +19%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $66.18 ↑ +23%
KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL $69.57 ↑ +29%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $76.19 ↑ +42%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $76.19 ↑ +42%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $76.19 ↑ +42%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $76.19 ↑ +42%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $83.05 ↑ +55%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $83.06 ↑ +55%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $83.58 ↑ +56%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $83.81 ↑ +56%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $84.18 ↑ +57%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $87.62 ↑ +63%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $91.43 ↑ +70%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $93.83 ↑ +75%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $93.83 ↑ +75%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $99.50 ↑ +85%
KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS $99.50 ↑ +85%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $111.01 ↑ +107%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $114.29 ↑ +113%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $114.80 ↑ +114%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $120.59 ↑ +124%
KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY $304.25 ↑ +466%
KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS $523.31 ↑ +874%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $127.21 $49.42 – $187.18
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $66.24 $11.60 – $96.83
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $103.43 $138.67 – $204.00
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $37.81 $2.06 – $125.07
ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo $26.85 $37.60 – $133.46
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $37.81 $37.60 – $229.35
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $29.85 $37.60 – $131.05
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $131.34 $37.60 – $116.14

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