Init pm e/m new pat 65+ yrs 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

$229.02

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.

$347.00

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.

$20.67 with BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $424.85 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 CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS $20.67 ↓ -91%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $131.17 ↓ -43%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $146.50 ↓ -36%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $170.23 ↓ -26%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $170.23 ↓ -26%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $180.44 ↓ -21%
GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA $225.55 ↓ -2%
HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS $225.90 ↓ -1%
GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $242.90 ↑ +6%
MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS $242.90 ↑ +6%
BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS $252.54 ↑ +10%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $265.28 ↑ +16%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $278.92 ↑ +22%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $293.00 ↑ +28%
BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS $293.00 ↑ +28%
AHCC - ALL PLANS AHCC - ALL PLANS $293.00 ↑ +28%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS $424.85 ↑ +86%

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Init pm e/m new pat 65+ yrs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $197.37 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $109.65 not published
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $180.77 $134.00 – $351.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $90.30 $52.50 – $888.05
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $71.72 $55.00 – $751.29
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $65.93 $3.67 – $675.81
ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo $39.00 $260.00 – $260.00
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $55.67 $141.60 – $492.24

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