Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE
869 N Cherry St, Tulare, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1801366711
$1.95
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.
$10.28
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.
$0.13 with AETNA-ALL PLANS vs $8.54 with HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL — 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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| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $0.13 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $0.97 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1.08 | ↓ -45% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $2.06 | ↑ +6% |
| BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | $2.85 | ↑ +46% |
| NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS | NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS | $2.93 | ↑ +50% |
| CIGNA-ALL PLANS | CIGNA-ALL PLANS | $3.02 | ↑ +55% |
| WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | $3.06 | ↑ +57% |
| HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $4.37 | ↑ +124% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $4.49 | ↑ +130% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.72 | ↑ +142% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $5.54 | ↑ +184% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $6.52 | ↑ +234% |
| DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY | DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY | $7.17 | ↑ +268% |
| INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS | INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS | $7.17 | ↑ +268% |
| CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS | CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS | $8.48 | ↑ +335% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $8.54 | ↑ +338% |
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Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $8.76 | $0.07 – $4.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5.61 | $0.12 – $0.43 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5.57 | $0.09 – $3.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3.92 | $1.53 – $5.77 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5.10 | $0.07 – $3.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4.09 | $0.04 – $3.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7.34 | $0.09 – $3.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5.61 | $0.12 – $0.47 |