Incision of thigh at WILLITS HOSPITAL INC
1 Marcela Dr, Willits, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1356339543
$1,046.40
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.
$3,488.00
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.
$61.00 with MEDI-CAL vs $2,964.80 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 | $61.00 | ↓ -94% |
| AETNA - ALL PLANS | AETNA - ALL PLANS | $874.97 | ↓ -16% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | $925.31 | ↓ -12% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $925.31 | ↓ -12% |
| BC MEDICARE | BC MEDICARE | $925.31 | ↓ -12% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCARE | BLUE SHIELD MCARE | $925.31 | ↓ -12% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $1,017.84 | ↓ -3% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $1,157.06 | ↑ +11% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $1,323.19 | ↑ +26% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,336.09 | ↑ +28% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $1,336.09 | ↑ +28% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | $1,348.18 | ↑ +29% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,629.32 | ↑ +56% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $2,115.55 | ↑ +102% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $2,115.55 | ↑ +102% |
| BRMS - ALL PLANS | BRMS - ALL PLANS | $2,964.80 | ↑ +183% |
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Incision of thigh at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $662.72 | $29.33 – $2,038.32 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $662.72 | $85.00 – $9,332.70 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $523.20 | $801.19 – $9,332.70 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $2,302.08 | $801.19 – $1,629.32 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $244.16 | $61.00 – $2,038.32 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $592.96 | $801.19 – $2,115.55 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $941.76 | $55.00 – $2,076.37 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE | Tulare | $662.72 | $160.09 – $1,828.38 |