Removal of stomach at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$328.86
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.
$1,218.00
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.
$234.18 with UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY vs $4,135.47 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 MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | $234.18 | ↓ -29% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $234.18 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $2,058.98 | ↑ +526% |
| HEALTHNET MCARE | HEALTHNET MCARE | $2,063.20 | ↑ +527% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $2,063.20 | ↑ +527% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $2,063.20 | ↑ +527% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $2,063.20 | ↑ +527% |
| NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | $2,248.89 | ↑ +584% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $2,269.52 | ↑ +590% |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | $2,372.68 | ↑ +621% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $2,475.84 | ↑ +653% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $2,576.62 | ↑ +684% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $2,811.76 | ↑ +755% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $2,867.85 | ↑ +772% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $2,971.41 | ↑ +804% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $3,006.08 | ↑ +814% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $3,076.24 | ↑ +835% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $3,076.24 | ↑ +835% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $3,094.80 | ↑ +841% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $4,135.47 | ↑ +1158% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $803.88 | $65.00 – $3,132.22 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $365.40 | $35.00 – $4,072.35 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $1,653.17 – $2,889.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2,570.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $1,344.04 – $2,118.68 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $1,344.04 – $1,344.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $1,344.04 – $2,118.68 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $1,344.04 – $5,106.02 |