Total hysterectomy at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI

1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$936.63

Cash price

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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.

$3,469.00

Gross charge

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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.

$40.00 with MEDI-CAL vs $2,120.64 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $40.00 ↓ -96%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $40.00 ↓ -96%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $923.93 ↓ -1%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $923.93 ↓ -1%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $923.93 ↓ -1%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $923.93 ↓ -1%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $959.01 ↑ +2%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $1,007.08 ↑ +8%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $1,016.32 ↑ +9%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $1,062.52 ↑ +13%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $1,108.72 ↑ +18%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $1,148.88 ↑ +23%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $1,284.26 ↑ +37%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,332.45 ↑ +42%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $1,332.45 ↑ +42%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,346.17 ↑ +44%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $1,385.90 ↑ +48%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,404.92 ↑ +50%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $1,484.69 ↑ +59%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $2,120.64 ↑ +126%

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Total hysterectomy at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $659.11 $29.25 – $2,062.78
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $659.11 $40.00 – $2,062.78
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $520.35 $472.00 – $2,120.64
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $2,289.54 $35.00 – $1,484.69
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $1,040.70 $70.00 – $2,204.06
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $242.83 $162.14 – $2,062.78
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $589.73 $35.00 – $2,204.06
ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare $659.11 $70.00 – $1,904.81

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