Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes 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

$31.02

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.

$141.00

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.

$7.05 with KAISER MCR ADV vs $89.10 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.

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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
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $7.05 ↓ -77%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $7.05 ↓ -77%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $7.05 ↓ -77%
BLUE CROSS MCR ADV BLUE CROSS MCR ADV $7.12 ↓ -77%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $12.69 ↓ -59%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $38.18 ↑ +23%
HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS $39.31 ↑ +27%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $41.04 ↑ +32%
BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS $41.58 ↑ +34%
BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS $43.20 ↑ +39%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $43.66 ↑ +41%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $46.02 ↑ +48%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $46.90 ↑ +51%
FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS $47.25 ↑ +52%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $47.52 ↑ +53%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $48.60 ↑ +57%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $51.30 ↑ +65%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $51.30 ↑ +65%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $54.00 ↑ +74%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $54.00 ↑ +74%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $54.00 ↑ +74%
CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS $66.96 ↑ +116%
CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS $66.96 ↑ +116%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS $89.10 ↑ +187%

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Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $58.70 $11.39 – $104.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $64.20 $75.00 – $147.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $58.80 $40.50 – $147.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.04 $26.50 – $42.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.82 $26.50 – $52.47
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $54.57 $135.15 – $135.15
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $13.82 $9.87 – $39.48
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $43.68 $179.99 – $179.99

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