Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
726 4th St, Marysville, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1720088354
$11.00
Cash price 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.
$50.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.53 with BC MCAL vs $5.74 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BC MCAL | BC MCAL | $0.53 | ↓ -95% |
| KAISER MCR ADV | KAISER MCR ADV | $0.63 | ↓ -94% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | $0.63 | ↓ -94% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $0.63 | ↓ -94% |
| BLUE CROSS MCR ADV | BLUE CROSS MCR ADV | $0.64 | ↓ -94% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $1.13 | ↓ -90% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $2.46 | ↓ -78% |
| HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS | $2.53 | ↓ -77% |
| KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $2.64 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS | $2.68 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS | BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS | $2.78 | ↓ -75% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $2.81 | ↓ -74% |
| CIGNA-ALL PLANS | CIGNA-ALL PLANS | $2.97 | ↓ -73% |
| UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.02 | ↓ -73% |
| FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS | FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS | $3.05 | ↓ -72% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $3.06 | ↓ -72% |
| INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $3.13 | ↓ -72% |
| BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.31 | ↓ -70% |
| MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | $3.31 | ↓ -70% |
| HEALTHNET MCAL | HEALTHNET MCAL | $3.48 | ↓ -68% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $3.48 | ↓ -68% |
| KAISER MCAL | KAISER MCAL | $3.48 | ↓ -68% |
| CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS | CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS | $4.32 | ↓ -61% |
| CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS | CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS | $4.32 | ↓ -61% |
| PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS | PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS | $5.74 | ↓ -48% |
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Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $7.91 | $0.63 – $4.52 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $13.66 | $0.63 – $17.63 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $7.96 | $0.63 – $5.85 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $10.04 | $0.57 – $9.38 |
| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $2.88 | $0.63 – $6.50 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO | Delano | $5.98 | $0.57 – $8.53 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $13.93 | $5.98 – $17.95 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL | Clearlake | $20.70 | $4.81 – $7.93 |