Incision of windpipe 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

$5,293.68

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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.

$19,320.00

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.

$256.33 with BCBS - Anthem vs $18,400.00 with US Behavioral Health — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $256.33 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|> 21 $256.33 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|< 21 $256.33 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $256.33 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,018.26 ↓ -81%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,018.26 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,377.79 ↓ -74%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $2,024.00 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,359.00 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,730.00 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $5,833.00 ↑ +10%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $6,440.00 ↑ +22%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6,636.00 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,699.00 ↑ +27%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $6,957.00 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7,330.67 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $7,544.00 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $7,728.00 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7,773.77 ↑ +47%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,773.77 ↑ +47%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7,773.77 ↑ +47%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,773.77 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,773.77 ↑ +47%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $7,773.77 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,039.00 ↑ +52%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,936.00 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10,226.00 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,304.00 ↑ +95%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $11,040.00 ↑ +109%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $14,720.00 ↑ +178%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $15,527.00 ↑ +193%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16,560.00 ↑ +213%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16,560.00 ↑ +213%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $16,928.00 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,809.00 ↑ +236%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,809.00 ↑ +236%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,809.00 ↑ +236%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18,400.00 ↑ +248%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $18,400.00 ↑ +248%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18,400.00 ↑ +248%
United Commercial|HMO $18,400.00 ↑ +248%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $18,400.00 ↑ +248%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $18,400.00 ↑ +248%

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Incision of windpipe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $13,138.09 $435.77 – $16,549.26
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $9,150.30 $256.33 – $25,438.42
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $10,529.40 $256.33 – $18,933.60
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $5,293.68 $256.33 – $15,272.00
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $8,561.21 $509.47 – $16,548.28
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $4,211.76 $256.33 – $14,720.00
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $7,515.48 $256.33 – $15,088.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $5,564.16 $256.33 – $15,272.00

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