Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device 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

$1,485.00

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.

$2,250.00

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.

$108.86 with BLUE SHIELD EPN vs $864.00 with PARTNERSHIP HP 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
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $108.86 ↓ -93%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $141.12 ↓ -90%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $149.76 ↓ -90%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $155.23 ↓ -90%
GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA $187.20 ↓ -87%
HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS $187.49 ↓ -87%
MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS $201.60 ↓ -86%
GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $201.60 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $220.18 ↓ -85%
BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS $221.18 ↓ -85%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $221.44 ↓ -85%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $224.64 ↓ -85%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $233.11 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS $244.63 ↓ -84%
BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS $259.20 ↓ -83%
AHCC - ALL PLANS AHCC - ALL PLANS $259.20 ↓ -83%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $288.00 ↓ -81%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS $864.00 ↓ -42%

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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
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $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

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