Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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

$255.42

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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.

$1,161.00

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.

$0.45 with PREMIER PHYS EMPLOY PROFEE ONLY vs $40.81 with BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER 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
PREMIER PHYS EMPLOY PROFEE ONLY PREMIER PHYS EMPLOY PROFEE ONLY $0.45 ↓ -100%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $10.60 ↓ -96%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $13.38 ↓ -95%
HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS $13.68 ↓ -95%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $13.68 ↓ -95%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $13.68 ↓ -95%
PREMIER PHYS PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLANS PREMIER PHYS PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLANS $13.68 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS MCR ADV BLUE CROSS MCR ADV $13.82 ↓ -95%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $15.05 ↓ -94%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $16.44 ↓ -94%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $17.98 ↓ -93%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $17.98 ↓ -93%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $21.20 ↓ -92%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $21.20 ↓ -92%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $22.59 ↓ -91%
BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS $22.59 ↓ -91%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $23.27 ↓ -91%
CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS $28.15 ↓ -89%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $28.15 ↓ -89%
CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS $28.15 ↓ -89%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $33.78 ↓ -87%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS $36.00 ↓ -86%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $36.00 ↓ -86%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $36.00 ↓ -86%
FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS $36.00 ↓ -86%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $36.00 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS $40.81 ↓ -84%

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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $220.32 $42.58 – $392.34
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,008.00 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,008.00 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $660.40 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $660.40 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $219.02 $46.45 – $270.63
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $1,008.00 not published
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $1,008.00 not published

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