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Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
Tehachapi, CA
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Adventist Health Medical Center Tehachapi’s median price of $394 is 67% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 9% of the 2,559 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. 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, 36 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 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $174.42 | $156.81 | $121.60 – $174.42 |
| 2 | Kaiser kaiser medi-cal ip/op only fee schedule · both | $174.42 | $174.42 | $174.42 – $174.42 |
| 3 | Kaiser kaiser medi-cal ip/op only fee schedule · outpatient | $174.42 | $174.42 | $174.42 – $174.42 |
| 4 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · both | $174.42 | $174.42 | $174.42 – $174.42 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $199.12 | $199.12 | $199.12 – $199.12 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $199.24 | $199.24 | $199.24 – $199.24 |
| 7 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $228.99 | $228.99 | $228.99 – $228.99 |
| 8 | Cigna cigna- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $252.22 | $252.22 | $252.22 – $252.22 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $304.25 | $269.21 | $199.12 – $304.25 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $286.07 | $286.07 | $286.07 – $286.07 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $286.07 | $286.07 | $286.07 – $286.07 |
| 12 | Kaiser kaiser medicare ip/op only fee schedule · outpatient | $304.25 | $304.25 | $304.25 – $304.25 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $353.00 | $353.00 | $304.56 – $401.43 |
| 14 | Aetna aetna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $397.22 | $397.22 | $342.72 – $451.72 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $417.25 | $417.25 | $360.00 – $474.50 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $418.85 | $418.85 | $418.85 – $418.85 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn fee schedule · outpatient | $442.63 | $442.63 | $442.63 – $442.63 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $472.76 | $472.76 | $472.76 – $472.76 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans case rate · outpatient | $481.43 | $481.43 | $415.37 – $547.48 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $505.71 | $505.71 | $436.32 – $575.09 |
| 21 | Kaiser kaiser ip/op only- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $523.31 | $523.31 | $523.31 – $523.31 |
| 22 | Cigna cigna- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $651.75 | $651.75 | $562.32 – $741.17 |
| 23 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans other · both | $1,350 | $1,350 | $1,350 – $1,350 |
| 24 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans other · outpatient | $1,350 | $1,350 | $1,350 – $1,350 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,671 | $1,671 | $1,671 – $1,671 |
Last updated: May 21, 2026
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