Pr hospital ip/obs care initial moderate level per day 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

$60.23

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.

$317.00

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.

$73.20 with CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS vs $269.45 with MULTIPLAN - ALL 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
CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS $73.20 ↑ +22%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $73.20 ↑ +22%
BLUE CROSS MCAL BLUE CROSS MCAL $73.20 ↑ +22%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $73.20 ↑ +22%
UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY $73.20 ↑ +22%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $100.17 ↑ +66%
INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS $115.50 ↑ +92%
DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY $115.50 ↑ +92%
UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT $116.96 ↑ +94%
FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $116.96 ↑ +94%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $116.96 ↑ +94%
BLUE SHIELD MCARE BLUE SHIELD MCARE $116.96 ↑ +94%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $116.96 ↑ +94%
DIGNITY MCR OP ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS DIGNITY MCR OP ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS $116.96 ↑ +94%
HEALTHNET MEDICARE HEALTHNET MEDICARE $116.96 ↑ +94%
PRIME HEALTH - ALL PLANS PRIME HEALTH - ALL PLANS $116.96 ↑ +94%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $127.68 ↑ +112%
INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS $128.66 ↑ +114%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $128.66 ↑ +114%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $138.53 ↑ +130%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $144.27 ↑ +140%
HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $146.20 ↑ +143%
WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS $148.99 ↑ +147%
PRISON HLTHCRE - ALL PLANS PRISON HLTHCRE - ALL PLANS $149.71 ↑ +149%
CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS $152.05 ↑ +152%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $160.31 ↑ +166%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $166.91 ↑ +177%
BRIGHT HEALTH - ALL PLANS BRIGHT HEALTH - ALL PLANS $169.59 ↑ +182%
HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $170.41 ↑ +183%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $177.21 ↑ +194%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $177.21 ↑ +194%
NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS $206.05 ↑ +242%
MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS $269.45 ↑ +347%

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Pr hospital ip/obs care initial moderate level per day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $261.08 $101.42 – $384.16
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $241.23 not published
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $141.96 $224.00 – $280.00
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $60.23 $3.89 – $219.95
ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo $42.45 $73.20 – $243.88
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $60.23 $73.20 – $229.35
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $49.20 $73.20 – $222.92
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $209.22 $73.20 – $193.69

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