Biopsy of toe joint lining 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

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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.

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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.

$183.71 with United vs $12,918.00 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 $183.71
United Medicaid|> 21 $183.71
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $183.71
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $183.71
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $729.77
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $729.77
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $987.42
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,020.71
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,055.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4,127.00
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,263.74
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,263.74
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,263.74
United Medicare|All Plans $4,263.74
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,263.74
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $4,263.74
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,923.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,359.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,521.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,699.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7,236.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,795.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,795.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,795.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,039.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $12,918.00
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
WCMG Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Magellan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Biopsy of toe joint lining at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $225.96 – $7,471.42
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,570.00 – $6,619.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $183.71 – $4,122.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $183.71 – $183.71
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $183.71 – $4,122.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $183.71 – $4,122.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $183.71 – $4,122.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $4,645.79 – $16,652.00

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