Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$30.37
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.
$112.49
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.
$0.99 with OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS vs $9.62 with KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL — 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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| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | $0.99 | ↓ -97% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $1.42 | ↓ -95% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $1.42 | ↓ -95% |
| HEALTHNET MCARE | HEALTHNET MCARE | $1.42 | ↓ -95% |
| KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY | $1.42 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $1.42 | ↓ -95% |
| NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | $1.81 | ↓ -94% |
| KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS | $2.44 | ↓ -92% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $3.13 | ↓ -90% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.16 | ↓ -90% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $3.19 | ↓ -89% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $3.47 | ↓ -89% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $3.55 | ↓ -88% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.66 | ↓ -88% |
| KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS | KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.73 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $3.73 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $3.87 | ↓ -87% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $3.95 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.30 | ↓ -86% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $5.74 | ↓ -81% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $5.83 | ↓ -81% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $6.71 | ↓ -78% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $7.46 | ↓ -75% |
| KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY | $7.46 | ↓ -75% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | $7.46 | ↓ -75% |
| BC MCAL | BC MCAL | $7.68 | ↓ -75% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $9.15 | ↓ -70% |
| KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL | KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL | $9.62 | ↓ -68% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $7.91 | $0.63 – $4.52 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $13.66 | $0.63 – $17.63 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $7.96 | $0.63 – $5.85 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $10.04 | $0.57 – $9.38 |
| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $2.88 | $0.63 – $6.50 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO | Delano | $5.98 | $0.57 – $8.53 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $13.93 | $5.98 – $17.95 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL | Clearlake | $20.70 | $4.81 – $7.93 |