Pr e&m preventive medicine initial comprehensive new patient 12-17 years 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

$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.

Full explanation →

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$55.30 with BLUE SHIELD EPN vs $222.00 with UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $55.30 ↑ +31%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $76.48 ↑ +81%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $78.84 ↑ +87%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $79.64 ↑ +89%
WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS $82.25 ↑ +95%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $88.50 ↑ +110%
CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS $88.80 ↑ +111%
NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS $113.75 ↑ +170%
HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $117.25 ↑ +178%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $120.42 ↑ +185%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $125.77 ↑ +198%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $126.75 ↑ +200%
MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS $148.75 ↑ +253%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $155.40 ↑ +268%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $175.00 ↑ +315%
DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY $192.50 ↑ +356%
INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS $192.50 ↑ +356%
CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS $222.00 ↑ +426%
BLUE CROSS MCAL BLUE CROSS MCAL $222.00 ↑ +426%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $222.00 ↑ +426%
UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY $222.00 ↑ +426%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Pr e&m preventive medicine initial comprehensive new patient 12-17 years at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $151.85 $58.99 – $223.44
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $160.14 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $109.65 not published
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $134.93 $94.35 – $259.38
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $169.85 $51.75 – $471.75
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $70.75 $54.25 – $399.10
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $58.71 $2.93 – $675.81
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $42.18 $105.01 – $372.96

All California hospitals for this procedure →