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Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less
Tehachapi, CA
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Adventist Health Medical Center Tehachapi’s median price of $151 is 34% below the median hospital's median price ($229), higher than 20% of the 2,525 hospitals reporting CPT 97597. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 27 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Cigna cigna- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $24.21 | $24.21 | $24.21 – $24.21 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $24.29 | $24.29 | $24.29 – $24.29 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $31.30 | $31.30 | $31.30 – $31.30 |
| 4 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 – $36.00 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $37.89 | $37.89 | $37.89 – $37.89 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $37.89 | $37.89 | $37.89 – $37.89 |
| 7 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $60.40 | $55.83 | $42.11 – $60.40 |
| 8 | Kaiser kaiser medi-cal ip/op only fee schedule · outpatient | $60.40 | $60.40 | $60.40 – $60.40 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $86.61 | $86.61 | $75.21 – $98.00 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $88.04 | $88.04 | $88.04 – $88.04 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn fee schedule · outpatient | $125.24 | $125.24 | $79.48 – $171.00 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $167.78 | $167.78 | $31.30 – $304.25 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $172.71 | $172.71 | $150.86 – $194.56 |
| 14 | Kaiser kaiser medicare ip/op only percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $172.71 | $172.71 | $150.86 – $194.56 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $172.71 | $172.71 | $150.86 – $194.56 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $270.93 | $270.93 | $108.71 – $433.15 |
| 17 | Kaiser kaiser ip/op only- all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $297.06 | $297.06 | $259.48 – $334.64 |
| 18 | Kaiser kaiser medicare ip/op only fee schedule · outpatient | $304.25 | $304.25 | $304.25 – $304.25 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $320.25 | $320.25 | $128.50 – $512.00 |
| 20 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans other · outpatient | $327.97 | $327.97 | $327.97 – $327.97 |
| 21 | Aetna aetna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $377.94 | $329.23 | $122.33 – $487.42 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans case rate · outpatient | $458.06 | $399.02 | $148.26 – $590.75 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $481.16 | $419.15 | $155.74 – $620.54 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $423.05 | $423.05 | $369.53 – $476.57 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer- all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $445.32 | $445.32 | $388.98 – $501.66 |
Last updated: May 21, 2026
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