Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (with and without 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

$2,305.71

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.

$8,415.00

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.

$442.55 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 Medicare|All Plans $442.55 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $449.31 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|< 21 $449.31 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|> 21 $449.31 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $449.31 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -80%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $469.30 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Options PPO $828.27 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $828.27 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $828.27 ↓ -64%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $925.65 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,132.26 ↓ -51%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,132.26 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,557.75 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,557.75 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,557.75 ↓ -32%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,932.04 ↓ -16%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,945.25 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3,450.15 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $3,534.30 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,544.10 ↑ +97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,712.40 ↑ +104%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $5,049.00 ↑ +119%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $6,732.00 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,124.00 ↑ +209%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,573.50 ↑ +228%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,573.50 ↑ +228%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,741.80 ↑ +236%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $8,415.00 ↑ +265%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $8,415.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8,905.00 ↑ +286%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,686.00 ↑ +363%

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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,634.92 $453.77 – $8,253.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,070.36 $71.43 – $3,535.65
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $9,611.46 $470.15 – $5,089.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,712.05 $449.31 – $6,457.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,387.61 $449.31 – $3,547.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,958.04 $449.31 – $2,111.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,674.17 $449.31 – $5,766.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,645.34 $449.31 – $5,694.32

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