Inj proc myelogram lumbar 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

$983.12

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.

$3,588.00

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.

$101.68 with United vs $8,039.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $101.68 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $101.68 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $101.68 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|< 21 $101.68 ↓ -90%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $378.84 ↓ -61%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $403.91 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $403.91 ↓ -59%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $546.54 ↓ -44%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,205.40 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,412.04 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,446.48 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,859.76 ↑ +89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,928.64 ↑ +96%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $2,066.40 ↑ +110%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,755.20 ↑ +180%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,099.60 ↑ +215%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,099.60 ↑ +215%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,168.48 ↑ +222%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,444.00 ↑ +250%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,444.00 ↑ +250%
United Commercial|HMO $3,444.00 ↑ +250%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,444.00 ↑ +250%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $3,444.00 ↑ +250%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $3,444.00 ↑ +250%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,359.00 ↑ +445%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,570.00 ↑ +467%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,570.00 ↑ +467%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,570.00 ↑ +467%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,699.00 ↑ +581%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,039.00 ↑ +718%

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Inj proc myelogram lumbar at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $162.50 $100.17 – $289.38
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $373.23 $146.21 – $693.55
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,088.34 $464.59 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $353.53 $101.68 – $753.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,349.65 $101.68 – $1,360.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $330.46 $101.68 – $785.96
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $201.83 $101.68 – $484.16
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $199.65 $101.68 – $538.56

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