Bone biopsy open superficial at ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE
869 N Cherry St, Tulare, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1801366711
$91.01
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.
$479.00
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.
$40.00 with CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS vs $415.06 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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| CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS | CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS | $40.00 | ↓ -56% |
| BLUE CROSS MCAL | BLUE CROSS MCAL | $40.00 | ↓ -56% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $40.00 | ↓ -56% |
| UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY | UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY | $40.00 | ↓ -56% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $40.00 | ↓ -56% |
| UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT | UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT | $126.43 | ↑ +39% |
| FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | $126.43 | ↑ +39% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $126.43 | ↑ +39% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCARE | BLUE SHIELD MCARE | $126.43 | ↑ +39% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | $126.43 | ↑ +39% |
| HEALTHNET MEDICARE | HEALTHNET MEDICARE | $126.43 | ↑ +39% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $139.07 | ↑ +53% |
| INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS | INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS | $139.07 | ↑ +53% |
| HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $158.04 | ↑ +74% |
| CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS | CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS | $164.36 | ↑ +81% |
| CIGNA-ALL PLANS | CIGNA-ALL PLANS | $179.36 | ↑ +97% |
| HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $184.21 | ↑ +102% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $191.78 | ↑ +111% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $191.78 | ↑ +111% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $194.85 | ↑ +114% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $357.34 | ↑ +293% |
| BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | $377.63 | ↑ +315% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $415.06 | ↑ +356% |
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Bone biopsy open superficial at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,420.17 | $178.66 – $8,520.80 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $4,529.20 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $4,529.20 | not published |
| Panorama Medical Center | PANORAMA CITY | $4,529.20 | not published |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,230.05 | $2,570.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,815.02 | $4,124.29 – $16,652.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,849.19 | $3,735.95 – $16,652.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,327.24 | $3,125.00 – $5,198.77 |