Screen/visual acuity/bilat/quant 99173 at ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST
700 River Dr, Fort Bragg, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538113725
$94.38
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.
$143.00
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.
$3.71 with UHC JLL CSP vs $116.67 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE — 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 JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $3.71 | ↓ -96% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.71 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $3.73 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.94 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $20.67 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $32.50 | ↓ -66% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $65.00 | ↓ -31% |
| GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | $65.00 | ↓ -31% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $65.00 | ↓ -31% |
| AHCC - ALL PLANS | AHCC - ALL PLANS | $65.00 | ↓ -31% |
| GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $65.00 | ↓ -31% |
| BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | $65.00 | ↓ -31% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $70.07 | ↓ -26% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $74.36 | ↓ -21% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $77.08 | ↓ -18% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | $93.09 | ↓ -1% |
| PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | $94.25 | ↓ -0% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $116.67 | ↑ +24% |
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Screen/visual acuity/bilat/quant 99173 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3.33 | $1.30 – $4.90 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $6.12 | not published |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $6.18 | $7.20 – $11.88 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $39.60 | $57.20 – $79.20 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $9.89 | $5.75 – $23.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $3.05 | $4.80 – $5.88 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $41.23 | $0.08 – $2,699.00 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $19.65 | $36.00 – $36.00 |