Treat knee fracture 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

$2,036.76

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.

$3,086.00

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.

$60.00 with MEDI-CAL vs $1,429.69 with BLUE SHIELD - 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.

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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
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $60.00 ↓ -97%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL-ALL PLANS $87.00 ↓ -96%
MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS $494.00 ↓ -76%
AHCC - ALL PLANS AHCC - ALL PLANS $494.00 ↓ -76%
BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS BEECH STREET - ALL PLANS $494.00 ↓ -76%
GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS GREAT WEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $494.00 ↓ -76%
GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA GREAT WEST HMO/POS/EPO/OA $494.00 ↓ -76%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $807.66 ↓ -60%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $807.66 ↓ -60%
CIGNA - ALL PLANS CIGNA - ALL PLANS $807.66 ↓ -60%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $888.43 ↓ -56%
BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS - ALL OTHER PLANS $898.85 ↓ -56%
HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS $1,176.76 ↓ -42%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $1,204.10 ↓ -41%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,204.10 ↓ -41%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $1,352.87 ↓ -34%
BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,429.69 ↓ -30%

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Treat knee fracture at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,218.45 $681.42 – $3,264.38
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,324.47 $2,335.00 – $9,776.62
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $586.34 $25.96 – $1,767.81
ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo $511.95 $65.00 – $2,018.58
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $586.34 $35.00 – $9,332.70
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $462.90 $118.76 – $9,332.70
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $925.80 $494.00 – $1,834.79
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $216.02 $65.00 – $1,767.81

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