X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study 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

$389.07

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,441.00

Gross charge

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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.

$7.12 with BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS vs $224.81 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $7.12 ↓ -98%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $46.82 ↓ -88%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $57.23 ↓ -85%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $59.03 ↓ -85%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $59.03 ↓ -85%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $59.03 ↓ -85%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $59.03 ↓ -85%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $62.84 ↓ -84%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $62.84 ↓ -84%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $64.34 ↓ -83%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $64.93 ↓ -83%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $67.88 ↓ -83%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $68.62 ↓ -82%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $70.84 ↓ -82%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $72.51 ↓ -81%
KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY $82.27 ↓ -79%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $86.01 ↓ -78%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $87.95 ↓ -77%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $88.55 ↓ -77%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $90.14 ↓ -77%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $92.84 ↓ -76%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $110.60 ↓ -72%
KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL $116.28 ↓ -70%
KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS $141.50 ↓ -64%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $201.52 ↓ -48%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $212.13 ↓ -45%
KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS $216.50 ↓ -44%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $224.81 ↓ -42%

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X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $1,355.20 $238.00 – $238.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $798.92 $136.37 – $1,422.72
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $1,355.20 $238.00 – $238.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,355.20 $238.00 – $238.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,355.20 $238.00 – $238.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $904.80 $161.00 – $161.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $904.80 $161.00 – $161.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $1,355.20 $238.00 – $238.00

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