Platelets each unit 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

$27.72

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.

$126.00

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.

$25.20 with HEALTHNET MCAL vs $123.62 with CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- 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 $25.20 ↓ -9%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $53.17 ↑ +92%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $53.17 ↑ +92%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $53.17 ↑ +92%
BLUE CROSS MCR ADV BLUE CROSS MCR ADV $53.70 ↑ +94%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $75.06 ↑ +171%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $89.08 ↑ +221%
HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS $91.73 ↑ +231%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $95.71 ↑ +245%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $95.76 ↑ +245%
BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS $97.02 ↑ +250%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $99.69 ↑ +260%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $99.69 ↑ +260%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS $99.69 ↑ +260%
BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS $100.80 ↑ +264%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $101.87 ↑ +267%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $107.39 ↑ +287%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $109.44 ↑ +295%
FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS $110.25 ↑ +298%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $110.88 ↑ +300%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $113.40 ↑ +309%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $119.70 ↑ +332%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $119.70 ↑ +332%
CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS $123.62 ↑ +346%
CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS $123.62 ↑ +346%

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Platelets each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $78.66 $69.50 – $169.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $77.81 $69.50 – $167.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $50.87 $36.33 – $171.66
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $103.00 $69.50 – $200.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $84.15 $69.50 – $326.65
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $54.41 $48.75 – $4,018.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $69.84 $28.80 – $2,113.00
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $91.35 not published

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