Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) 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

$2,979.48

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.

$10,874.00

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.

$324.17 with BCBS - Anthem vs $10,874.00 with YoloCountyPsych — 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 $324.17 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $324.17 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|> 21 $324.17 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $324.17 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $442.55 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -84%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $469.30 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $816.91 ↓ -73%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $816.91 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $828.27 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Options PPO $828.27 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $828.27 ↓ -72%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1,196.14 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,393.93 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,557.75 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,557.75 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,557.75 ↓ -48%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,805.90 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,458.34 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $4,567.08 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,871.96 ↑ +97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,089.44 ↑ +104%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $6,524.40 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,124.00 ↑ +139%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8,699.20 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8,905.00 ↑ +199%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,786.60 ↑ +228%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,786.60 ↑ +228%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,004.08 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,686.00 ↑ +259%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $10,874.00 ↑ +265%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $10,874.00 ↑ +265%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,761.59 $453.77 – $4,917.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $838.35 $71.43 – $3,011.85
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,128.06 $324.17 – $7,135.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $12,859.13 $324.17 – $4,885.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,290.45 $324.17 – $2,111.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,943.89 $324.17 – $6,348.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,912.15 $324.17 – $6,268.65
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,044.12 $495.35 – $6,606.76

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