Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with 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

$30.14

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.

$110.00

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.

$5.01 with WCMG vs $51.58 with Kaiser — 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 $5.01 ↓ -83%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $15.92 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $18.64 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $19.10 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $24.55 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.46 ↓ -16%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $25.82 ↓ -14%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $27.28 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $36.37 ↑ +21%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $36.37 ↑ +21%
United Medicaid|< 21 $37.04 ↑ +23%
United Medicaid|> 21 $37.04 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $37.04 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $37.04 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.61 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.61 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.61 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40.92 ↑ +36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $40.92 ↑ +36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.83 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $42.87 ↑ +42%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $45.46 ↑ +51%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $45.46 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $45.46 ↑ +51%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $45.46 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $45.46 ↑ +51%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $45.46 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $45.46 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $45.46 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $45.46 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.46 ↑ +51%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $45.46 ↑ +51%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $45.46 ↑ +51%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $45.46 ↑ +51%
United Medicare|All Plans $51.58 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $51.58 ↑ +71%

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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.46 $40.61 – $120.12
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $20.50 $7.85 – $42.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $206.04 $50.33 – $66.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $19.38 $22.63 – $105.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $37.21 $11.39 – $43.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.75 $12.23 – $123.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $43.78 $32.50 – $117.33
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $43.31 $32.50 – $117.33

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