Medical testimony at WILLITS HOSPITAL INC
1 Marcela Dr, Willits, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1356339543
$141.00
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.
$470.00
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.
$244.40 with AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS vs $470.00 with MEDI-CAL — 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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| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $244.40 | ↑ +73% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $306.16 | ↑ +117% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $306.16 | ↑ +117% |
| AETNA - ALL PLANS | AETNA - ALL PLANS | $315.32 | ↑ +124% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $321.48 | ↑ +128% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $321.95 | ↑ +128% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $352.50 | ↑ +150% |
| GHN PPO - ALL PLANS | GHN PPO - ALL PLANS | $376.00 | ↑ +167% |
| FIRST HEALTH PPO - ALL PLANS | FIRST HEALTH PPO - ALL PLANS | $376.00 | ↑ +167% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | $385.40 | ↑ +173% |
| BRMS - ALL PLANS | BRMS - ALL PLANS | $399.50 | ↑ +183% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $399.50 | ↑ +183% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | $403.38 | ↑ +186% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCARE | BLUE SHIELD MCARE | $403.38 | ↑ +186% |
| BC MEDICARE | BC MEDICARE | $407.41 | ↑ +189% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $470.00 | ↑ +233% |
Visitor-reported prices
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|---|---|---|---|
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $89.30 | $375.45 – $675.81 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $50.55 | $82.75 – $337.00 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $310.20 | $278.92 – $1,410.00 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $32.90 | $152.00 – $671.63 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $84.66 | $76.84 – $747.00 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $126.90 | $304.25 – $684.56 |
| WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER | MONTEBELLO | $79.92 | $80.04 – $710.40 |
| UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL | Ukiah | $94.00 | $280.46 – $504.83 |