Ablation cryo thigh/knee at SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

1000 Greenley Rd, Sonora, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1780673376

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$129.20

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.

$760.00

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.

$38.00 with AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $120.00 with CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL — 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
AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS $38.00 ↓ -71%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $60.00 ↓ -54%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $60.00 ↓ -54%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $60.00 ↓ -54%
CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL $60.00 ↓ -54%
CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS $60.00 ↓ -54%
CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS $60.50 ↓ -53%
BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $76.84 ↓ -41%
BC MCS BC MCS $76.84 ↓ -41%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $84.70 ↓ -34%
CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL $90.00 ↓ -30%
CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE COMM PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE COMM PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $90.00 ↓ -30%
WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $96.80 ↓ -25%
UHC PPO UHC PPO $104.28 ↓ -19%
UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS $104.28 ↓ -19%
UHC JLL BP UHC JLL BP $104.28 ↓ -19%
UHC SELECT UHC SELECT $104.28 ↓ -19%
TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS $108.90 ↓ -16%
BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS $108.90 ↓ -16%
CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL $120.00 ↓ -7%

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Ablation cryo thigh/knee at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $4,876.04 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $4,876.04 not published
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $259.33 $188.73 – $559.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $256.54 $188.73 – $552.21
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,334.27 $332.35 – $3,982.87
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $584.48 $202.65 – $810.60
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $366.68 $101.64 – $304.92
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $144.40 $38.00 – $571.06

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