Thorax spine fusion at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$1,179.09
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.
$4,367.00
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.
$594.00 with UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY vs $2,451.04 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 | $594.00 | ↓ -50% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $594.00 | ↓ -50% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $1,138.59 | ↓ -3% |
| HEALTHNET MCARE | HEALTHNET MCARE | $1,238.72 | ↑ +5% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $1,238.72 | ↑ +5% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $1,238.72 | ↑ +5% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $1,238.72 | ↑ +5% |
| NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | $1,350.20 | ↑ +15% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $1,362.59 | ↑ +16% |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | $1,424.53 | ↑ +21% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $1,427.82 | ↑ +21% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $1,486.46 | ↑ +26% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,669.99 | ↑ +42% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $1,669.99 | ↑ +42% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $1,721.82 | ↑ +46% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,753.73 | ↑ +49% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,804.82 | ↑ +53% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $1,853.31 | ↑ +57% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $1,858.08 | ↑ +58% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $2,451.04 | ↑ +108% |
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Thorax spine fusion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $829.73 | $36.66 – $2,406.12 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $829.73 | $75.00 – $22,551.40 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $655.05 | $594.00 – $22,551.40 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $2,882.22 | $188.76 – $1,853.31 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $1,310.10 | $594.00 – $2,497.28 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $305.69 | $105.00 – $2,406.12 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $742.39 | $594.00 – $2,497.28 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE | Tulare | $829.73 | $188.76 – $2,158.30 |