Ocular instrumnt screen bil at ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST
700 River Dr, Fort Bragg, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538113725
$37.62
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.
$57.00
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.
$7.42 with UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $132.37 with BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER 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 | $7.42 | ↓ -80% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $7.42 | ↓ -80% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $28.50 | ↓ -24% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $32.72 | ↓ -13% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $34.58 | ↓ -8% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $57.00 | ↑ +52% |
| BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | $57.00 | ↑ +52% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $57.00 | ↑ +52% |
| AHCC - ALL PLANS | AHCC - ALL PLANS | $57.00 | ↑ +52% |
| GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | $57.00 | ↑ +52% |
| GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $57.00 | ↑ +52% |
| PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | $82.65 | ↑ +120% |
| BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $132.37 | ↑ +252% |
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Ocular instrumnt screen bil at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $10.83 | $0.16 – $114.00 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $17.10 | $7.28 – $57.00 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $3.99 | $7.42 – $68.40 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $9.69 | $32.72 – $114.00 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $15.39 | $7.28 – $57.00 |
| UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL | Ukiah | $11.40 | $7.01 – $953.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $577.05 – $577.05 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $729.25 – $729.25 |