Acute venous thrombus image at ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST

700 River Dr, Fort Bragg, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538113725

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 2, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$920.04

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.

$1,394.00

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.

$213.21 with MEDI-CAL vs $1,254.60 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.

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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
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $213.21 ↓ -77%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $526.93 ↓ -43%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS $639.63 ↓ -30%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $683.06 ↓ -26%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $724.88 ↓ -21%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $751.37 ↓ -18%
GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA $906.10 ↓ -2%
HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS $907.49 ↓ -1%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $929.86 ↑ +1%
MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS $975.80 ↑ +6%
GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $975.80 ↑ +6%
BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,033.17 ↑ +12%
BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,070.59 ↑ +16%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $1,071.85 ↑ +17%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $1,087.32 ↑ +18%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,128.30 ↑ +23%
AHCC - ALL PLANS AHCC - ALL PLANS $1,254.60 ↑ +36%
BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS $1,254.60 ↑ +36%

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Acute venous thrombus image at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $4,390.40 $1,742.00 – $1,742.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $4,390.40 $1,742.00 – $1,742.00
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $4,390.40 $1,742.00 – $1,742.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $4,390.40 $1,742.00 – $1,742.00
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $4,390.40 $1,742.00 – $1,742.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,656.34 $213.21 – $3,920.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $741.63 $213.21 – $6,851.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $733.64 $213.21 – $6,851.62

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