Ablation cryo abd perit om at Redwood Memorial Hospital

3300 Renner Dr, Fortuna, CA · Providence · · NPI 1043292303

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

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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.

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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.

$6,127.00 with Healthnet vs $20,799.00 with Aetna — 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
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,127.00
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $9,148.00
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $20,799.00

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Ablation cryo abd perit om at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,104.84 $723.33 – $2,143.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,092.93 $723.33 – $2,116.41
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $884.36 $306.60 – $1,330.21
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,205.44 $991.55 – $7,908.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,448.70 $928.29 – $2,784.87
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,441.80 $1,089.36 – $4,031.69
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,038.72 $856.29 – $3,723.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $6,760.80 $991.55 – $6,405.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →