Serial tonometry at UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL

275 Hospital Dr, Ukiah, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1235120676

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 24, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$44.00

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.

$220.00

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.

$26.62 with KAISER MCR ADV vs $402.92 with BLUE CROSS 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
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $26.62 ↓ -40%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $26.62 ↓ -40%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $26.62 ↓ -40%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $28.93 ↓ -34%
KAISER MEDI-CAL KAISER MEDI-CAL $28.93 ↓ -34%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $29.28 ↓ -33%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $38.07 ↓ -13%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $38.79 ↓ -12%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $41.06 ↓ -7%
UHC JLL CSP 1/1/25 UHC JLL CSP 1/1/25 $41.21 ↓ -6%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $42.82 ↓ -3%
MENDOCINO LCC DISTRICT-ALL PLANS MENDOCINO LCC DISTRICT-ALL PLANS $51.35 ↑ +17%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $56.89 ↑ +29%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $63.20 ↑ +44%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $71.10 ↑ +62%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $112.15 ↑ +155%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $118.52 ↑ +169%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS $335.77 ↑ +663%
BLUE CROSS MCS-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS-ALL OTHER PLANS $402.92 ↑ +816%

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Serial tonometry at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $171.36 $243.90 – $243.90
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $118.83 $308.23 – $308.23
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $355.98 $349.53 – $349.53
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $106.08 $139.43 – $139.43
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $355.98 $350.35 – $350.35
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $118.32 $262.23 – $262.23
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $180.00 $410.43 – $410.43
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $79.80 $115.31 – $201.15

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