Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at Woodland Memorial Hospital
1325 Cottonwood St, Woodland, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1922116037
$1,426.45
Cash price 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.
$5,206.00
Gross charge 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.
$266.80 with BCBS - Anthem vs $10,686.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $266.80 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $266.80 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $266.80 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $266.80 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $299.53 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -78% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $317.64 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $517.79 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $517.79 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $517.79 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $517.79 | ↓ -64% |
| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $572.66 | ↓ -60% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $672.34 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $672.34 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,147.23 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,557.75 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,557.75 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,557.75 | ↑ +9% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,822.10 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,134.46 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $2,186.52 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,811.24 | ↑ +97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,915.36 | ↑ +104% |
| Magellan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,123.60 | ↑ +119% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,164.80 | ↑ +192% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,685.40 | ↑ +228% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,685.40 | ↑ +228% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,789.52 | ↑ +236% |
| YoloCountyPsych | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,206.00 | ↑ +265% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,206.00 | ↑ +265% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $7,124.00 | ↑ +399% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,905.00 | ↑ +524% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,686.00 | ↑ +649% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,285.00 | $307.13 – $5,850.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,448.08 | $48.34 – $4,180.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,534.52 | $321.54 – $2,866.28 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,416.49 | $266.80 – $4,191.46 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $6,473.52 | $266.80 – $2,461.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,936.48 | $242.46 – $2,111.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,702.52 | $266.80 – $3,671.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,684.17 | $266.80 – $3,625.31 |