Creatine - sendout 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

$14.50

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.

$52.91

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.

$0.51 with WCMG vs $4.57 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $0.51 ↓ -96%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1.60 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1.88 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1.92 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2.47 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.56 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.56 ↓ -82%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $2.75 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3.11 ↓ -79%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3.66 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3.66 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3.71 ↓ -74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.12 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.12 ↓ -72%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4.12 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.16 ↓ -71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.21 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $4.57 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $4.57 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.57 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.57 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|HMO $4.57 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.57 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.57 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|< 21 $4.57 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|> 21 $4.57 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $4.57 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4.57 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4.57 ↓ -68%

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Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $6.26 $0.93 – $9.70
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $21.40 $4.55 – $37.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22.75 $4.64 – $51.86
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French Hospital San Luis Obispo $20.84 $4.64 – $51.86
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $21.40 $4.64 – $47.37
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $21.40 $4.64 – $53.71
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $21.40 $53.84 – $53.84

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