Home health care supervision 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

$55.86

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.

$294.00

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.

$54.23 with AETNA-ALL PLANS vs $294.00 with 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
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $54.23 ↓ -3%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $69.07 ↑ +24%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $73.34 ↑ +31%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $73.34 ↑ +31%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $102.67 ↑ +84%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $109.05 ↑ +95%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $115.24 ↑ +106%
CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS $117.60 ↑ +111%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $205.80 ↑ +268%
HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $220.50 ↑ +295%
UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY $294.00 ↑ +426%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $294.00 ↑ +426%
BLUE CROSS MCAL BLUE CROSS MCAL $294.00 ↑ +426%
CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS $294.00 ↑ +426%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $294.00 ↑ +426%

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Home health care supervision at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $55.86 $1.61 – $324.56
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $55.86 $64.04 – $493.92
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $44.10 $51.52 – $414.54
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $194.04 $20.67 – $426.30
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $88.20 $58.18 – $294.00
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $20.58 $64.04 – $151.20
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $49.98 $88.17 – $384.00
ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi $79.38 $51.52 – $294.00

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