Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx 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

$747.78

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.

$1,133.00

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.

$428.27 with BLUE SHIELD EPN vs $3,399.00 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 $428.27 ↓ -43%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $555.17 ↓ -26%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $589.16 ↓ -21%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $610.69 ↓ -18%
GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA $736.45 ↓ -2%
HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS $737.58 ↓ -1%
MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS $793.10 ↑ +6%
GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $793.10 ↑ +6%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $866.18 ↑ +16%
BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS $870.14 ↑ +16%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $871.16 ↑ +16%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $883.74 ↑ +18%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $917.05 ↑ +23%
BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS $962.37 ↑ +29%
BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS $1,019.70 ↑ +36%
AHCC - ALL PLANS AHCC - ALL PLANS $1,019.70 ↑ +36%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $1,133.00 ↑ +52%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS $3,399.00 ↑ +355%

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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,797.95 $6.21 – $17.94
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $5,175.50 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $5,175.50 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,635.87 $243.54 – $576.18
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $5,175.50 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $11,757.56 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,555.40 $11.50 – $22.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $374.30 $33.89 – $128.38

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