Assay of feces porphyrins at RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

726 4th St, Marysville, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1720088354

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 6, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$184.58

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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.

$839.00

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.

$7.60 with BC MCAL vs $797.05 with BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS — same scan, same building. Share

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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
BC MCAL BC MCAL $7.60 ↓ -96%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $39.11 ↓ -79%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $39.11 ↓ -79%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $39.11 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS MCR ADV BLUE CROSS MCR ADV $39.50 ↓ -79%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $39.78 ↓ -78%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS $39.78 ↓ -78%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $39.78 ↓ -78%
CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS $49.32 ↓ -73%
CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS $49.32 ↓ -73%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $70.40 ↓ -62%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $167.80 ↓ -9%
HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS $502.56 ↑ +172%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $593.17 ↑ +221%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $637.64 ↑ +245%
BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS $646.03 ↑ +250%
BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS $671.20 ↑ +264%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $678.33 ↑ +267%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $715.08 ↑ +287%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $728.76 ↑ +295%
FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS $734.13 ↑ +298%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $738.32 ↑ +300%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $755.10 ↑ +309%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $797.05 ↑ +332%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $797.05 ↑ +332%

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Assay of feces porphyrins at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $257.60 $37.00 – $37.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $257.60 $37.00 – $37.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $257.60 $37.00 – $37.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $257.60 $37.00 – $37.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $257.60 $37.00 – $37.00
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $257.60 $37.00 – $37.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $257.60 $37.00 – $37.00
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $257.60 $37.00 – $37.00

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