Gi wireless capsule measure 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

$576.50

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.

$2,104.00

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.

$231.44 with WCMG vs $8,942.00 with Health Net — 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 $231.44 ↓ -60%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $736.40 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $862.64 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $883.68 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $1,081.07 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $1,081.07 ↑ +88%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,081.07 ↑ +88%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,081.07 ↑ +88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,136.16 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,161.82 ↑ +102%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,178.24 ↑ +104%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↑ +114%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↑ +114%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↑ +114%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↑ +114%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $1,232.05 ↑ +114%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↑ +114%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $1,262.40 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,683.20 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,683.20 ↑ +192%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,893.60 ↑ +228%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,893.60 ↑ +228%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,935.68 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,104.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $2,104.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,104.00 ↑ +265%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $2,104.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,104.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,104.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,104.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,104.00 ↑ +265%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,104.00 ↑ +265%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,104.00 ↑ +265%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $2,104.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,822.00 ↑ +563%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,055.00 ↑ +603%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4,127.00 ↑ +616%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,923.00 ↑ +754%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7,236.00 ↑ +1155%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,942.00 ↑ +1451%

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Gi wireless capsule measure at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $576.50 $231.44 – $2,104.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $458.68 $736.40 – $2,104.00
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $818.46 $231.44 – $2,104.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $605.96 $736.40 – $2,104.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,222.26 – $7,140.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $1,287.79 – $9,023.69
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $1,166.53 – $10,232.92
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $1,222.02 – $4,082.05

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