Thoracoscopy w/pleurectomy 32656 at UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL
275 Hospital Dr, Ukiah, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1235120676
$85.00
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.
$425.00
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.
$35.00 with KAISER MEDI-CAL vs $1,253.03 with BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN — 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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| KAISER MEDI-CAL | KAISER MEDI-CAL | $35.00 | ↓ -59% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $35.00 | ↓ -59% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS-ALL OTHER PLANS | $66.41 | ↓ -22% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS | $66.41 | ↓ -22% |
| MENDOCINO LCC DISTRICT-ALL PLANS | MENDOCINO LCC DISTRICT-ALL PLANS | $276.25 | ↑ +225% |
| KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $340.00 | ↑ +300% |
| THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | $382.50 | ↑ +350% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $684.66 | ↑ +705% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | $759.33 | ↑ +793% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | $759.33 | ↑ +793% |
| KAISER MCR ADV | KAISER MCR ADV | $759.33 | ↑ +793% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $835.26 | ↑ +883% |
| CIGNA-ALL PLANS | CIGNA-ALL PLANS | $962.40 | ↑ +1032% |
| UHC JLL CSP 1/1/25 | UHC JLL CSP 1/1/25 | $1,014.98 | ↑ +1094% |
| UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,054.56 | ↑ +1141% |
| WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | $1,085.84 | ↑ +1177% |
| HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | $1,106.34 | ↑ +1202% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,185.71 | ↑ +1295% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $1,253.03 | ↑ +1374% |
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Thoracoscopy w/pleurectomy 32656 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $80.75 | $23.15 – $1,835.10 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $80.75 | $20.00 – $1,835.10 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $280.50 | $425.00 – $1,253.03 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $127.50 | $20.00 – $1,884.24 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $72.25 | $20.00 – $1,884.24 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $114.75 | $110.20 – $1,835.02 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE | Tulare | $80.75 | $20.00 – $1,628.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $776.66 – $1,357.58 |