Treat each add spine fx 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

$173.66

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.

$914.00

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.

$234.92 with CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS vs $519.35 with BLUE CROSS NON MCS - 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
CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS $234.92 ↑ +35%
BLUE CROSS MCAL BLUE CROSS MCAL $234.92 ↑ +35%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $234.92 ↑ +35%
UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY $234.92 ↑ +35%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $234.92 ↑ +35%
UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT $235.73 ↑ +36%
FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $235.73 ↑ +36%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $235.73 ↑ +36%
BLUE SHIELD MCARE BLUE SHIELD MCARE $235.73 ↑ +36%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $235.73 ↑ +36%
HEALTHNET MEDICARE HEALTHNET MEDICARE $235.73 ↑ +36%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $240.08 ↑ +38%
INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS $259.30 ↑ +49%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $259.30 ↑ +49%
HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $294.66 ↑ +70%
CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS $306.45 ↑ +76%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $333.40 ↑ +92%
HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $343.46 ↑ +98%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $372.17 ↑ +114%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $372.17 ↑ +114%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $440.70 ↑ +154%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $465.72 ↑ +168%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $519.35 ↑ +199%

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Treat each add spine fx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $173.66 $8.17 – $578.99
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $173.66 $35.00 – $578.99
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $137.10 $46.91 – $589.80
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $603.24 $46.91 – $465.72
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $274.20 $55.00 – $600.92
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $63.98 $65.00 – $578.99
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $155.38 $35.00 – $600.92
ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi $246.78 $234.92 – $589.80

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