Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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

$321.95

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.

$1,175.00

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.

$34.27 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,175.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $34.27 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $34.27 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|> 21 $34.27 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $34.27 ↓ -89%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $86.36 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $86.36 ↓ -73%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $129.25 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $131.77 ↓ -59%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $139.74 ↓ -57%
United Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $147.36 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $359.86 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $359.86 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $359.86 ↑ +12%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $411.25 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $481.75 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $493.50 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $634.50 ↑ +97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $658.00 ↑ +104%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $705.00 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $940.00 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $940.00 ↑ +192%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,057.50 ↑ +228%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,057.50 ↑ +228%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,081.00 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,175.00 ↑ +265%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,175.00 ↑ +265%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $1,175.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,175.00 ↑ +265%

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $233.02 $51.84 – $527.07
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $491.34 $21.27 – $726.53
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $503.88 $140.89 – $666.63
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $469.09 $34.27 – $628.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,341.99 $6.73 – $26.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $495.88 $34.27 – $601.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $156.20 $34.27 – $570.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $154.51 $34.27 – $570.84

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