New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST
700 River Dr, Fort Bragg, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538113725
$291.72
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.
$442.00
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.
$82.70 with MEDI-CAL vs $354.00 with AHCC - 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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| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $82.70 | ↓ -72% |
| PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | $119.92 | ↓ -59% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $159.75 | ↓ -45% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $159.75 | ↓ -45% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $167.08 | ↓ -43% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $175.73 | ↓ -40% |
| BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $200.88 | ↓ -31% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $221.71 | ↓ -24% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $221.71 | ↓ -24% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | $232.76 | ↓ -20% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $278.31 | ↓ -5% |
| GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | $287.30 | ↓ -2% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $309.40 | ↑ +6% |
| GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $309.40 | ↑ +6% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $337.91 | ↑ +16% |
| BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | $354.00 | ↑ +21% |
| AHCC - ALL PLANS | AHCC - ALL PLANS | $354.00 | ↑ +21% |
Visitor-reported prices
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New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $822.12 | $102.00 – $313.56 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $291.04 | $118.62 – $567.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $402.27 | $77.61 – $294.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $222.27 | $118.62 – $449.82 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $253.60 | $104.00 – $683.10 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $970.53 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $164.73 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $264.90 | $118.62 – $738.82 |