Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE
869 N Cherry St, Tulare, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1801366711
$8.38
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.
$44.10
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.
$0.58 with BLUE CROSS MCAL vs $10.80 with HEALTHNET 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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| BLUE CROSS MCAL | BLUE CROSS MCAL | $0.58 | ↓ -93% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | $0.62 | ↓ -93% |
| FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | $0.62 | ↓ -93% |
| PRIME HEALTH - ALL PLANS | PRIME HEALTH - ALL PLANS | $0.62 | ↓ -93% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $0.62 | ↓ -93% |
| HEALTHNET MEDICARE | HEALTHNET MEDICARE | $0.62 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCARE | BLUE SHIELD MCARE | $0.62 | ↓ -93% |
| DIGNITY MCR OP ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS | DIGNITY MCR OP ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS | $0.62 | ↓ -93% |
| PRISON HLTHCRE - ALL PLANS | PRISON HLTHCRE - ALL PLANS | $0.79 | ↓ -91% |
| CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS | CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS | $0.81 | ↓ -90% |
| BRIGHT HEALTH - ALL PLANS | BRIGHT HEALTH - ALL PLANS | $0.90 | ↓ -89% |
| INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS | INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS | $1.12 | ↓ -87% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $1.12 | ↓ -87% |
| HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1.65 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $2.61 | ↓ -69% |
| BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.60 | ↓ -57% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $3.75 | ↓ -55% |
| CIGNA-ALL PLANS | CIGNA-ALL PLANS | $3.82 | ↓ -54% |
| WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS - ALL PLANS | $3.88 | ↓ -54% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.17 | ↓ -50% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $4.82 | ↓ -42% |
| NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS | NETWORK BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS | $5.36 | ↓ -36% |
| HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $5.53 | ↓ -34% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $5.67 | ↓ -32% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $5.97 | ↓ -29% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $7.01 | ↓ -16% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $8.25 | ↓ -2% |
| INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS | INDEPENDENCE OP ONLY - ALL PLANS | $9.07 | ↑ +8% |
| DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY | DIGNITY MCAL OP ONLY | $9.07 | ↑ +8% |
| CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS | CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS | $10.72 | ↑ +28% |
| HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL | $10.80 | ↑ +29% |
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Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $7.91 | $0.63 – $4.52 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $13.66 | $0.63 – $17.63 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $7.96 | $0.63 – $5.85 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $10.04 | $0.57 – $9.38 |
| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $2.88 | $0.63 – $6.50 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO | Delano | $5.98 | $0.57 – $8.53 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $13.93 | $5.98 – $17.95 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL | Clearlake | $20.70 | $4.81 – $7.93 |