Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at WILLITS HOSPITAL INC
1 Marcela Dr, Willits, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1356339543
$115.50
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.
$385.00
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.
$15.64 with BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $385.00 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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| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $15.64 | ↓ -86% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $15.64 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA - ALL PLANS | AETNA - ALL PLANS | $57.93 | ↓ -50% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | $77.00 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCARE | BLUE SHIELD MCARE | $77.00 | ↓ -33% |
| BC MEDICARE | BC MEDICARE | $77.77 | ↓ -33% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $84.70 | ↓ -27% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $111.99 | ↓ -3% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $116.69 | ↑ +1% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL PLANS | $148.34 | ↑ +28% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $155.77 | ↑ +35% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $163.99 | ↑ +42% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $227.32 | ↑ +97% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $227.32 | ↑ +97% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $263.34 | ↑ +128% |
| FIRST HEALTH PPO - ALL PLANS | FIRST HEALTH PPO - ALL PLANS | $308.00 | ↑ +167% |
| GHN PPO - ALL PLANS | GHN PPO - ALL PLANS | $308.00 | ↑ +167% |
| BRMS - ALL PLANS | BRMS - ALL PLANS | $327.25 | ↑ +183% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $385.00 | ↑ +233% |
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Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $655.20 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $112.57 | $69.39 – $211.35 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $655.20 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $655.20 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $655.20 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $644.80 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $644.80 | not published |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $655.20 | not published |