MRA abdomen post contrast 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

$3,188.54

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.

$11,637.00

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.

$476.26 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.

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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 $476.26 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|< 21 $476.26 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|> 21 $476.26 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $476.26 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $672.82 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|HMO $672.82 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Options PPO $672.82 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $672.82 ↓ -79%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $757.79 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,200.18 ↓ -62%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,200.18 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,557.75 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,557.75 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,557.75 ↓ -51%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,047.93 ↓ -36%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,411.15 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,824.49 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,893.38 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,720.06 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,857.84 ↑ +21%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $4,133.40 ↑ +30%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $5,511.20 ↑ +73%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,200.10 ↑ +94%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,200.10 ↑ +94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,337.88 ↑ +99%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $6,889.00 ↑ +116%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $6,889.00 ↑ +116%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,124.00 ↑ +123%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8,905.00 ↑ +179%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,686.00 ↑ +235%

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MRA abdomen post contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,862.82 $672.82 – $3,317.34
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $3,583.89 $547.85 – $3,325.16
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,455.54 $483.89 – $2,589.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,294.08 $476.26 – $3,331.02
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7,303.36 $463.60 – $1,756.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,844.76 $235.44 – $2,111.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,765.96 $476.26 – $2,413.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,746.92 $476.26 – $2,383.43

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