Dilator fascial 10fx20cm at ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE

869 N Cherry St, Tulare, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1801366711

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 22, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$603.82

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.

$3,178.00

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.

$172.22 with BLUE SHIELD EPN vs $713.95 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.

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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
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $172.22 ↓ -71%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $238.17 ↓ -61%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $248.03 ↓ -59%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $252.34 ↓ -58%
WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS $256.15 ↓ -58%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $275.61 ↓ -54%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $318.83 ↓ -47%
NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS $354.25 ↓ -41%
HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $365.15 ↓ -40%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $375.01 ↓ -38%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $394.74 ↓ -35%
MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS $463.25 ↓ -23%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $545.00 ↓ -10%
DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY $599.50 ↓ -1%
INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS $599.50 ↓ -1%
CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS $708.50 ↑ +17%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $713.95 ↑ +18%

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Dilator fascial 10fx20cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $339.89 $18.36 – $53.04
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $3,900.00 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $3,900.00 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,005.16 $102.91 – $243.47
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $3,900.00 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $652.85 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $564.54 $20.70 – $88.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $517.05 $17.10 – $88.20

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