Exploration of spinal fusion at WILLITS HOSPITAL INC
1 Marcela Dr, Willits, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1356339543
$845.10
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.
$2,817.00
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.
$133.66 with MEDI-CAL vs $2,394.45 with BRMS - ALL 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.
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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| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $133.66 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA - ALL PLANS | AETNA - ALL PLANS | $687.76 | ↓ -19% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | $776.25 | ↓ -8% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $776.25 | ↓ -8% |
| BC MEDICARE | BC MEDICARE | $776.25 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCARE | BLUE SHIELD MCARE | $776.25 | ↓ -8% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $853.88 | ↑ +1% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $922.90 | ↑ +9% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,077.35 | ↑ +27% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $1,077.35 | ↑ +27% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $1,110.04 | ↑ +31% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | $1,131.00 | ↑ +34% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,265.82 | ↑ +50% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $1,657.46 | ↑ +96% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,657.46 | ↑ +96% |
| BRMS - ALL PLANS | BRMS - ALL PLANS | $2,394.45 | ↑ +183% |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $535.23 | $23.65 – $1,596.96 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $535.23 | $55.00 – $9,332.70 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $422.55 | $80.00 – $9,332.70 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $1,859.22 | $50.00 – $1,265.82 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $197.19 | $85.00 – $1,596.96 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $478.89 | $50.00 – $1,657.46 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $760.59 | $668.65 – $1,626.78 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE | Tulare | $535.23 | $55.00 – $1,432.48 |