Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet 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

$2.47

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.

$9.00

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.

$0.07 with Blue Shield CA vs $6.00 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $0.07 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $0.07 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.07 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.07 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.09 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $0.10 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.10 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.10 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.12 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.15 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $0.22 ↓ -91%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $0.35 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $0.50 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $0.62 ↓ -75%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $0.66 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $0.75 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2.46 ↓ -0%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2.52 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3.24 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.36 ↑ +36%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $3.60 ↑ +46%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4.80 ↑ +94%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5.40 ↑ +119%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5.40 ↑ +119%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5.52 ↑ +123%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $6.00 ↑ +143%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $6.00 ↑ +143%

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Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8.76 $0.07 – $4.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5.61 $0.12 – $0.43
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5.57 $0.09 – $3.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3.92 $1.53 – $5.77
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5.10 $0.07 – $3.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4.09 $0.04 – $3.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7.34 $0.09 – $3.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5.61 $0.12 – $0.47

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