Blood typing patient serum 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

$14.53

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.

$53.00

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.

$5.83 with WCMG vs $78.06 with United — 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $5.83 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.84 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $9.81 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $9.81 ↓ -32%
United Medicaid|< 21 $9.81 ↓ -32%
United Medicaid|> 21 $9.81 ↓ -32%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $18.55 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19.61 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $19.61 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19.61 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.61 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $21.73 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $22.26 ↑ +53%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $24.72 ↑ +70%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $24.72 ↑ +70%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $28.62 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $29.68 ↑ +104%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.68 ↑ +104%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $31.80 ↑ +119%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $36.04 ↑ +148%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $42.40 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $42.40 ↑ +192%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $42.93 ↑ +195%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $42.93 ↑ +195%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $42.93 ↑ +195%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $42.93 ↑ +195%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $47.70 ↑ +228%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $47.70 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $48.23 ↑ +232%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $48.76 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $49.98 ↑ +244%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $53.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $53.00 ↑ +265%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $53.00 ↑ +265%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $53.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $53.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $53.00 ↑ +265%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $53.00 ↑ +265%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $53.00 ↑ +265%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $78.06 ↑ +437%
United Medicare|All Plans $78.06 ↑ +437%

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Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $71.28 $3.27 – $99.91
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