Annual Physical, New Patient (age 40-64) at ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE
869 N Cherry St, Tulare, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1801366711
$59.28
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.
$312.00
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.
$65.41 with BLUE SHIELD EPN vs $312.00 with UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY — 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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| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $65.41 | ↑ +10% |
| BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | $90.46 | ↑ +53% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $94.21 | ↑ +59% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $96.79 | ↑ +63% |
| WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | $97.29 | ↑ +64% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $104.68 | ↑ +77% |
| CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS | CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS | $124.80 | ↑ +111% |
| NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS | NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS | $134.55 | ↑ +127% |
| HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $138.69 | ↑ +134% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $142.44 | ↑ +140% |
| CIGNA-ALL PLANS | CIGNA-ALL PLANS | $146.50 | ↑ +147% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $149.93 | ↑ +153% |
| BLUE CROSS MCAL | BLUE CROSS MCAL | $155.34 | ↑ +162% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $175.95 | ↑ +197% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $207.00 | ↑ +249% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $218.40 | ↑ +268% |
| DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY | DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY | $227.70 | ↑ +284% |
| INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS | INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS | $227.70 | ↑ +284% |
| CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS | CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS | $269.10 | ↑ +354% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $271.17 | ↑ +357% |
| UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY | UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY | $312.00 | ↑ +426% |
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Annual Physical, New Patient (age 40-64) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $197.37 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $109.65 | not published |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $180.77 | $132.20 – $347.49 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $132.87 | $77.25 – $661.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $105.30 | $80.75 – $559.21 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $60.04 | $3.41 – $675.81 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $44.85 | $146.50 – $299.00 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $59.28 | $128.92 – $524.16 |