Ablation cryo thigh/knee at ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST
700 River Dr, Fort Bragg, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538113725
$501.60
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.
$760.00
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.
$20.67 with BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $121.00 with BEECH STREET - 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.
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 - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $20.67 | ↓ -96% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $30.00 | ↓ -94% |
| PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | $43.50 | ↓ -91% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $60.50 | ↓ -88% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $121.00 | ↓ -76% |
| AHCC - ALL PLANS | AHCC - ALL PLANS | $121.00 | ↓ -76% |
| GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | $121.00 | ↓ -76% |
| GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $121.00 | ↓ -76% |
| BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | $121.00 | ↓ -76% |
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Ablation cryo thigh/knee at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $4,876.04 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $4,876.04 | not published |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $259.33 | $188.73 – $559.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $256.54 | $188.73 – $552.21 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,334.27 | $332.35 – $3,982.87 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $584.48 | $202.65 – $810.60 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $366.68 | $101.64 – $304.92 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $144.40 | $38.00 – $571.06 |