Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST
700 River Dr, Fort Bragg, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538113725
$234.30
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.
$355.00
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.
$1.75 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE vs $1,065.00 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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| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $1.75 | ↓ -99% |
| BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1.94 | ↓ -99% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $32.72 | ↓ -86% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $32.72 | ↓ -86% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $134.19 | ↓ -43% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $173.95 | ↓ -26% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $184.60 | ↓ -21% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $191.35 | ↓ -18% |
| GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA | $230.75 | ↓ -2% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | $231.11 | ↓ -1% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $248.50 | ↑ +6% |
| GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $248.50 | ↑ +6% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $272.64 | ↑ +16% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $276.90 | ↑ +18% |
| AHCC - ALL PLANS | AHCC - ALL PLANS | $319.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS | $319.50 | ↑ +36% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $355.00 | ↑ +52% |
| PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS | $1,065.00 | ↑ +355% |
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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $191.85 | $2.28 – $341.64 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $85.73 | $50.43 – $119.31 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $215.72 | $3.78 – $493.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $201.10 | $14.12 – $502.74 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5.94 | $8.00 – $16.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5.88 | $3.40 – $16.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $125.54 | $5.71 – $350.14 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $59.13 | $14.72 – $74.48 |