Acyclovir 400 mg tablet 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

$124.08

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.

$188.00

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.

$1.50 with CIGNA - ALL PLANS vs $38.41 with UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER 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
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $1.50 ↓ -99%
BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS $3.00 ↓ -98%
AHCC - ALL PLANS AHCC - ALL PLANS $3.00 ↓ -98%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $3.00 ↓ -98%
GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $3.00 ↓ -98%
GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA $3.00 ↓ -98%
MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS $3.00 ↓ -98%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS $4.35 ↓ -96%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $17.94 ↓ -86%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $23.25 ↓ -81%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $24.67 ↓ -80%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $25.58 ↓ -79%
HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS $30.89 ↓ -75%
BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS $36.44 ↓ -71%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $36.48 ↓ -71%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $38.41 ↓ -69%

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Acyclovir 400 mg tablet at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $33.97 $50.92 – $65.66
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $60.80 $1.11 – $74.00
ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo $142.93 $141.46 – $141.46
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $87.75 $75.63 – $127.07
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $98.87 $85.62 – $232.89
SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. San Luis Obispo $126.63 $1.84 – $2.39
ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO Delano $15.17 $64.49 – $97.87
ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL Clearlake $84.60 $1.14 – $1.14

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