Arthrd ant ntrbd min dsc lum 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

$872.10

Cash price

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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.

$5,130.00

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.

$70.00 with CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS vs $3,078.50 with BC NON-MCS - 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
CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS $70.00 ↓ -92%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $70.00 ↓ -92%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $70.00 ↓ -92%
CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL $70.00 ↓ -92%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $70.00 ↓ -92%
CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE COMM PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE COMM PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $105.00 ↓ -88%
CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL $105.00 ↓ -88%
CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL $140.00 ↓ -84%
UHC SELECT UHC SELECT $601.54 ↓ -31%
UHC PPO UHC PPO $601.54 ↓ -31%
UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS $601.54 ↓ -31%
UHC JLL BP UHC JLL BP $601.54 ↓ -31%
BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS $628.20 ↓ -28%
TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS $628.20 ↓ -28%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS $1,378.65 ↑ +58%
BLUE SHIELD MCARE BLUE SHIELD MCARE $1,378.65 ↑ +58%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $1,378.65 ↑ +58%
HEALTHNET MCR ADV HEALTHNET MCR ADV $1,378.65 ↑ +58%
CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY $1,378.65 ↑ +58%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $1,516.52 ↑ +74%
CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS $1,695.74 ↑ +94%
GREATWEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS GREATWEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,792.25 ↑ +106%
GREATWEST OA/POS/HMO GREATWEST OA/POS/HMO $1,792.25 ↑ +106%
WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $1,916.32 ↑ +120%
HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,008.69 ↑ +130%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $2,206.90 ↑ +153%
AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,250.82 ↑ +158%
BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,332.21 ↑ +167%
BC MCS BC MCS $3,078.50 ↑ +253%
BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $3,078.50 ↑ +253%

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Arthrd ant ntrbd min dsc lum at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $974.70 $44.39 – $2,966.13
ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo $843.00 $242.00 – $3,386.88
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $974.70 $75.00 – $34,898.90
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $769.50 $698.00 – $34,898.90
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $3,385.80 $100.00 – $2,332.21
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $1,539.00 $75.00 – $3,078.50
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $359.10 $75.00 – $2,966.13
ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi $1,385.10 $75.00 – $3,021.50

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