Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST
700 River Dr, Fort Bragg, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538113725
$46.02
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.
$69.72
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.
$8.00 with UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $209.16 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.
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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| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $8.00 | ↓ -83% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $8.00 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $10.90 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $12.11 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $26.35 | ↓ -43% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $34.16 | ↓ -26% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $36.25 | ↓ -21% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $37.58 | ↓ -18% |
| GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | $45.32 | ↓ -2% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | $45.39 | ↓ -1% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $48.80 | ↑ +6% |
| GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $48.80 | ↑ +6% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $53.55 | ↑ +16% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $54.38 | ↑ +18% |
| AHCC - ALL PLANS | AHCC - ALL PLANS | $62.75 | ↑ +36% |
| BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | $62.75 | ↑ +36% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $69.72 | ↑ +51% |
| PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | $209.16 | ↑ +354% |
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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $5.51 – $53.71 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $65.33 | $7.28 – $13.28 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $23.12 | $5.51 – $52.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21.17 | $3.64 – $52.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $3.34 – $43.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.82 | $4.75 – $42.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $65.33 | $7.28 – $14.38 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $65.33 | $6.08 – $17.15 |