Prenatal Care Only (4-6 visits) at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$513.27
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.
$1,901.00
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.
$304.25 with TRICARE BLUE SHIELD vs $2,651.00 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE — 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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| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $304.25 | ↓ -41% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $304.25 | ↓ -41% |
| HEALTHNET MCARE | HEALTHNET MCARE | $304.25 | ↓ -41% |
| KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | $304.25 | ↓ -41% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $315.19 | ↓ -39% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $373.07 | ↓ -27% |
| NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | $389.44 | ↓ -24% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $398.06 | ↓ -22% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $410.38 | ↓ -20% |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | $429.03 | ↓ -16% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $447.68 | ↓ -13% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $470.58 | ↓ -8% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $470.58 | ↓ -8% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $518.57 | ↑ +1% |
| KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | $523.31 | ↑ +2% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $543.56 | ↑ +6% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $559.61 | ↑ +9% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $611.55 | ↑ +19% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $646.28 | ↑ +26% |
| KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS | KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS | $950.50 | ↑ +85% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,255.89 | ↑ +145% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $1,413.00 | ↑ +175% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | $1,413.00 | ↑ +175% |
| KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | $1,901.00 | ↑ +270% |
| BC MCAL | BC MCAL | $1,958.03 | ↑ +281% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $2,332.53 | ↑ +354% |
| KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL | KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL | $2,452.29 | ↑ +378% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $2,651.00 | ↑ +416% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Prenatal Care Only (4-6 visits) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $213.21 | $248.40 – $409.86 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $361.19 | $10.33 – $2,826.00 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $268.47 | $367.11 – $2,373.84 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $211.95 | $315.19 – $1,992.33 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $1,254.66 | $278.92 – $2,048.85 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $570.30 | $277.45 – $1,413.00 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $133.07 | $152.00 – $1,554.30 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $323.17 | $152.00 – $2,119.50 |