Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at Woodland Memorial Hospital

1325 Cottonwood St, Woodland, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1922116037

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,563.45

Cash price

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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.

$5,706.00

Gross charge

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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.

$193.10 with United vs $10,747.00 with Health Net — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Medicaid|> 21 $193.10 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|< 21 $193.10 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $193.10 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $193.10 ↓ -88%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $439.78 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $767.06 ↓ -51%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $767.06 ↓ -51%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,037.94 ↓ -34%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,399.30 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,639.18 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,679.16 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,007.80 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +36%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +36%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +36%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $2,129.16 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,158.92 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,238.88 ↑ +43%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $2,398.80 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,030.00 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,084.00 ↑ +97%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,198.40 ↑ +105%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,598.20 ↑ +130%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,598.20 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,678.16 ↑ +135%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3,679.00 ↑ +135%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,828.00 ↑ +145%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $3,998.00 ↑ +156%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,998.00 ↑ +156%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $3,998.00 ↑ +156%
United Commercial|HMO $3,998.00 ↑ +156%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,998.00 ↑ +156%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,998.00 ↑ +156%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,592.00 ↑ +194%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,785.00 ↑ +206%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,407.00 ↑ +246%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,570.00 ↑ +256%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,570.00 ↑ +256%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,570.00 ↑ +256%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,742.00 ↑ +267%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,747.00 ↑ +587%

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Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $841.84 $237.51 – $3,763.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $720.36 $277.66 – $1,338.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,265.64 $193.10 – $6,580.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,267.07 $71.92 – $272.44
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,901.20 $193.10 – $3,215.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,941.45 $193.10 – $4,186.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,920.52 $193.10 – $4,134.07
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,971.26 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00

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