Serial tonometry at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$59.40
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.
$220.00
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.
$26.71 with TRICARE BLUE SHIELD vs $149.81 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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| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $26.71 | ↓ -55% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $26.71 | ↓ -55% |
| HEALTHNET MCARE | HEALTHNET MCARE | $26.71 | ↓ -55% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $26.71 | ↓ -55% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $28.93 | ↓ -51% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | $28.93 | ↓ -51% |
| NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | $29.11 | ↓ -51% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $29.38 | ↓ -51% |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | $30.72 | ↓ -48% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $32.05 | ↓ -46% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $37.13 | ↓ -37% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $38.92 | ↓ -34% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $39.62 | ↓ -33% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $40.07 | ↓ -33% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $42.82 | ↓ -28% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $42.82 | ↓ -28% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $50.46 | ↓ -15% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $112.15 | ↑ +89% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $118.52 | ↑ +100% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $149.81 | ↑ +152% |
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Serial tonometry at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $171.36 | $243.90 – $243.90 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $118.83 | $308.23 – $308.23 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $355.98 | $349.53 – $349.53 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $106.08 | $139.43 – $139.43 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $355.98 | $350.35 – $350.35 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $118.32 | $262.23 – $262.23 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $180.00 | $410.43 – $410.43 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $79.80 | $115.31 – $201.15 |