New Patient Office Visit (level 3) 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

$32.56

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.

$148.00

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.

$29.60 with HEALTHNET MCAL vs $244.20 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
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $29.60 ↓ -9%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $71.13 ↑ +118%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $71.13 ↑ +118%
BLUE CROSS MCR ADV BLUE CROSS MCR ADV $71.84 ↑ +121%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $82.05 ↑ +152%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $82.05 ↑ +152%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $96.68 ↑ +197%
BEACON HEALTH OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS BEACON HEALTH OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS $99.58 ↑ +206%
CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS $101.74 ↑ +212%
CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS $101.74 ↑ +212%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $104.64 ↑ +221%
HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS $107.74 ↑ +231%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $112.48 ↑ +245%
BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS $113.96 ↑ +250%
BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS $118.40 ↑ +264%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $126.14 ↑ +287%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $128.03 ↑ +293%
FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS $129.50 ↑ +298%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $130.24 ↑ +300%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $133.20 ↑ +309%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $140.60 ↑ +332%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $140.60 ↑ +332%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS $244.20 ↑ +650%

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New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $642.42 $66.96 – $226.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $155.37 $82.05 – $335.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $175.16 $39.84 – $150.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $142.30 $82.05 – $328.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $116.71 $101.90 – $232.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $475.83 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $109.65 not published
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $198.75 $82.05 – $554.32

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