Insert cath pleura with image 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

$673.50

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.

$2,458.00

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.

$116.21 with BCBS - Anthem 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $116.21 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $116.21 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|> 21 $116.21 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|< 21 $116.21 ↓ -83%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $245.96 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $321.80 ↓ -52%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $321.80 ↓ -52%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $435.46 ↓ -35%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $782.60 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $916.76 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $939.12 ↑ +39%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,207.44 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,252.16 ↑ +86%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $1,341.60 ↑ +99%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,788.80 ↑ +166%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,925.02 ↑ +186%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,012.40 ↑ +199%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,012.40 ↑ +199%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↑ +203%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↑ +203%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↑ +203%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↑ +203%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↑ +203%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $2,041.38 ↑ +203%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,057.12 ↑ +205%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $2,236.00 ↑ +232%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,236.00 ↑ +232%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,236.00 ↑ +232%
United Commercial|HMO $2,236.00 ↑ +232%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,236.00 ↑ +232%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $2,236.00 ↑ +232%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,030.00 ↑ +350%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,084.00 ↑ +358%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3,679.00 ↑ +446%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,822.00 ↑ +467%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,828.00 ↑ +468%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,785.00 ↑ +610%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,407.00 ↑ +703%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,742.00 ↑ +753%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,795.00 ↑ +1057%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,795.00 ↑ +1057%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,795.00 ↑ +1057%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,942.00 ↑ +1228%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $686.35 $142.94 – $3,134.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,432.37 $167.10 – $1,774.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,012.57 $1,921.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,537.38 $116.21 – $2,112.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,295.17 $116.21 – $2,112.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $767.23 $116.21 – $1,973.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,132.64 $116.21 – $1,973.80
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