Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device at ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL

15630 18th Ave, Clearlake, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1124018031

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 29, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$2,160.00

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.

$6,000.00

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.

$7.77 with KAISER MCR ADV vs $61.05 with PARTNERSHIP MCAL - 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
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $7.77 ↓ -100%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $7.77 ↓ -100%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD- ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD- ALL PLANS $7.77 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS MCR ADV BLUE CROSS MCR ADV $8.08 ↓ -100%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $8.55 ↓ -100%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $15.54 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $22.59 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS $25.10 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $25.10 ↓ -99%
AETNA- ALL PLANS AETNA- ALL PLANS $27.65 ↓ -99%
WESTERN GROWERS- ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS- ALL PLANS $27.75 ↓ -99%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $28.42 ↓ -99%
BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS $28.42 ↓ -99%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $29.32 ↓ -99%
FIRST HEALTH- ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH- ALL PLANS $29.60 ↓ -99%
HEALTHNET- ALL PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL PLANS $30.34 ↓ -99%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $30.86 ↓ -99%
HUMANA- ALL PLANS HUMANA- ALL PLANS $31.45 ↓ -99%
FOUNDATION- ALL PLANS FOUNDATION- ALL PLANS $31.45 ↓ -99%
HEALTH MGMT NETWORK- ALL PLANS HEALTH MGMT NETWORK- ALL PLANS $31.45 ↓ -99%
PHCS- ALL PLANS PHCS- ALL PLANS $31.45 ↓ -99%
THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK- ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK- ALL PLANS $33.30 ↓ -98%
INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS $33.30 ↓ -98%
KAISER- ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER- ALL OTHER PLANS $33.30 ↓ -98%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $33.30 ↓ -98%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $37.00 ↓ -98%
BC MANAGED MCAL BC MANAGED MCAL $37.00 ↓ -98%
PARTNERSHIP MCAL - ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP MCAL - ALL PLANS $61.05 ↓ -97%

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Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,686.67 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,686.67 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,934.30 not published
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,934.30 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,757.06 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,313.98 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,757.06 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,934.30 not published

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