Ligation/major artery/extremity 37618 at ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE
869 N Cherry St, Tulare, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1801366711
$249.09
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.
$1,311.00
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.
$350.16 with AETNA-ALL PLANS vs $630.20 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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| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $350.16 | ↑ +41% |
| FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | $362.80 | ↑ +46% |
| UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT | UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT | $362.80 | ↑ +46% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $362.80 | ↑ +46% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | $362.80 | ↑ +46% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCARE | BLUE SHIELD MCARE | $362.80 | ↑ +46% |
| HEALTHNET MEDICARE | HEALTHNET MEDICARE | $362.80 | ↑ +46% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $399.08 | ↑ +60% |
| INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS | INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS | $399.08 | ↑ +60% |
| HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $453.50 | ↑ +82% |
| CIGNA-ALL PLANS | CIGNA-ALL PLANS | $469.72 | ↑ +89% |
| CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS | CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS | $471.64 | ↑ +89% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $511.57 | ↑ +105% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $511.57 | ↑ +105% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $523.52 | ↑ +110% |
| HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $528.60 | ↑ +112% |
| BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | $553.24 | ↑ +122% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $630.20 | ↑ +153% |
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Ligation/major artery/extremity 37618 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,563.59 | $1,921.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,057.67 | $5,592.00 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,057.67 | $5,835.00 – $10,413.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,377.22 | $2,335.00 – $2,335.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $15,173.52 | $5,981.00 – $9,031.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,057.67 | $2,238.00 – $6,732.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,112.48 | $4,666.00 – $9,718.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,822.40 | $1,142.00 – $6,483.00 |