Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$67.41

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.

$246.00

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.

$4.84 with WCMG vs $51.58 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 $4.84 ↓ -93%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $15.40 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $18.04 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $18.48 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $23.76 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.64 ↓ -63%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $26.40 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $28.92 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $35.20 ↓ -48%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $35.20 ↓ -48%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $39.60 ↓ -41%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $39.60 ↓ -41%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.48 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.61 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.61 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.61 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $41.48 ↓ -38%
United Medicaid|< 21 $41.48 ↓ -38%
United Medicaid|> 21 $41.48 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $41.48 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $41.50 ↓ -38%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $44.00 ↓ -35%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $44.00 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $44.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $44.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $44.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $44.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.00 ↓ -35%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $44.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $44.00 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $44.00 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $44.00 ↓ -35%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $44.00 ↓ -35%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $44.00 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $51.58 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $51.58 ↓ -23%

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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $78.84 $40.61 – $140.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $108.63 $50.33 – $66.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $132.68 $24.03 – $110.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $34.03 $13.22 – $50.07
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $121.52 $12.98 – $129.97
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $45.64 $33.23 – $123.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45.15 $33.23 – $123.30
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $113.73 $53.03 – $67.99

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