Treat thigh fracture 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

$894.24

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.

$3,312.00

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.

$60.00 with UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY vs $1,916.84 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
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $60.00 ↓ -93%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $60.00 ↓ -93%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $882.33 ↓ -1%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $902.10 ↑ +1%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $902.10 ↑ +1%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $902.10 ↑ +1%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $902.10 ↑ +1%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $983.29 ↑ +10%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $992.31 ↑ +11%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $1,037.42 ↑ +16%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $1,082.52 ↑ +21%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $1,093.24 ↑ +22%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $1,253.92 ↑ +40%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,254.55 ↑ +40%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $1,254.55 ↑ +40%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,314.36 ↑ +47%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $1,353.15 ↑ +51%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,376.17 ↑ +54%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $1,454.31 ↑ +63%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $1,916.84 ↑ +114%

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Treat thigh fracture at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,920.77 $1,921.00 – $4,657.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,666.90 $2,283.13 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,283.60 $2,068.15 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,763.07 $2,166.52 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $10,239.78 $5,981.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,323.16 $2,237.46 – $4,737.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,541.76 $1,757.92 – $5,171.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,933.40 $1,142.00 – $4,776.00

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