Lithotripsy transluminal coronary percutaneous 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

$66.50

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.

$350.00

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.

$122.40 with BLUE SHIELD MCARE vs $213.29 with BLUE SHIELD-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.

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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 MCARE BLUE SHIELD MCARE $122.40 ↑ +84%
HEALTHNET MEDICARE HEALTHNET MEDICARE $122.40 ↑ +84%
UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT $122.40 ↑ +84%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $122.40 ↑ +84%
FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $122.40 ↑ +84%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $122.40 ↑ +84%
INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS $134.64 ↑ +102%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $134.64 ↑ +102%
HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $153.00 ↑ +130%
CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS $159.12 ↑ +139%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $175.00 ↑ +163%
HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $178.34 ↑ +168%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $194.97 ↑ +193%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $194.97 ↑ +193%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $201.83 ↑ +204%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $213.29 ↑ +221%

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Lithotripsy transluminal coronary percutaneous at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $11,871.12 $7,317.81 – $21,140.34
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $2,823.60 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $2,823.60 not published
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $2,823.60 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,833.26 $9,151.00 – $17,935.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7,174.39 $4,941.54 – $17,935.96
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,633.01 $6,312.00 – $12,497.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,079.89 $1,727.00 – $8,621.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →