New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at WILLITS HOSPITAL INC
1 Marcela Dr, Willits, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1356339543
$43.80
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.
$146.00
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.
$34.30 with MEDI-CAL vs $116.80 with FIRST HEALTH PPO - 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 | $34.30 | ↓ -22% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCARE | BLUE SHIELD MCARE | $41.26 | ↓ -6% |
| BC MEDICARE | BC MEDICARE | $41.26 | ↓ -6% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | $41.26 | ↓ -6% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $41.26 | ↓ -6% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $45.39 | ↑ +4% |
| AETNA - ALL PLANS | AETNA - ALL PLANS | $51.00 | ↑ +16% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $57.41 | ↑ +31% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $59.00 | ↑ +35% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | $60.12 | ↑ +37% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $65.14 | ↑ +49% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $65.14 | ↑ +49% |
| BRMS - ALL PLANS | BRMS - ALL PLANS | $78.20 | ↑ +79% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $95.10 | ↑ +117% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $95.10 | ↑ +117% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $99.86 | ↑ +128% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $100.01 | ↑ +128% |
| GHN PPO - ALL PLANS | GHN PPO - ALL PLANS | $116.80 | ↑ +167% |
| FIRST HEALTH PPO - ALL PLANS | FIRST HEALTH PPO - ALL PLANS | $116.80 | ↑ +167% |
Visitor-reported prices
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New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $559.01 | $50.22 – $204.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,479.42 | $69.70 – $164.90 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $145.10 | $49.20 – $305.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $115.89 | $23.03 – $87.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $148.96 | $49.20 – $298.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $154.71 | $61.11 – $333.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $161.12 | $61.11 – $232.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $309.57 | not published |