Reconstruct ankle joint at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$899.64
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.
$3,332.00
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.
$185.41 with MEDI-CAL vs $2,049.79 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 | $185.41 | ↓ -79% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | $185.41 | ↓ -79% |
| HEALTHNET MCARE | HEALTHNET MCARE | $890.99 | ↓ -1% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $890.99 | ↓ -1% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $890.99 | ↓ -1% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $890.99 | ↓ -1% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $913.63 | ↑ +2% |
| NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | $971.18 | ↑ +8% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $980.09 | ↑ +9% |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | $1,024.64 | ↑ +14% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $1,069.19 | ↑ +19% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $1,102.67 | ↑ +23% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $1,238.48 | ↑ +38% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,268.68 | ↑ +41% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $1,268.68 | ↑ +41% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,298.17 | ↑ +44% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $1,336.49 | ↑ +49% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,515.39 | ↑ +68% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $1,601.43 | ↑ +78% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $2,049.79 | ↑ +128% |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $633.08 | $27.85 – $2,012.22 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $633.08 | $90.00 – $34,898.90 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $499.80 | $890.99 – $34,898.90 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $2,199.12 | $55.00 – $1,601.43 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $999.60 | $185.41 – $2,088.45 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $566.44 | $61.00 – $2,088.45 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE | Tulare | $633.08 | $55.00 – $1,804.97 |
| UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL | Ukiah | $666.40 | $55.00 – $1,601.43 |