Physician standby services at ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE
869 N Cherry St, Tulare, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1801366711
$42.18
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.
$222.00
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.
$59.12 with AETNA-ALL PLANS vs $222.00 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.
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 | $59.12 | ↑ +40% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $66.41 | ↑ +57% |
| CIGNA-ALL PLANS | CIGNA-ALL PLANS | $75.23 | ↑ +78% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $79.72 | ↑ +89% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $79.72 | ↑ +89% |
| CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS | CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS | $88.80 | ↑ +111% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $143.75 | ↑ +241% |
| BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | $151.92 | ↑ +260% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $155.40 | ↑ +268% |
| HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $166.50 | ↑ +295% |
| UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY | UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY | $222.00 | ↑ +426% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $222.00 | ↑ +426% |
| BLUE CROSS MCAL | BLUE CROSS MCAL | $222.00 | ↑ +426% |
| CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS | CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS | $222.00 | ↑ +426% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $222.00 | ↑ +426% |
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Physician standby services at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $42.18 | $1.75 – $444.00 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $42.18 | $69.79 – $372.96 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $33.30 | $56.18 – $313.02 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $146.52 | $20.67 – $321.90 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $66.60 | $63.44 – $222.00 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $15.54 | $69.79 – $262.80 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $37.74 | $76.84 – $444.00 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $59.94 | $56.18 – $222.00 |