Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath 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

$535.67

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.

$1,955.00

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.

$175.16 with BCBS - Anthem 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $175.16 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|< 21 $175.16 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|> 21 $175.16 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $175.16 ↓ -67%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $206.80 ↓ -61%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $485.10 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $485.10 ↓ -9%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $656.35 ↑ +23%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $658.00 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $766.15 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $770.80 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $789.60 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +52%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +52%
United Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +52%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +52%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $812.46 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $936.00 ↑ +75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $952.00 ↑ +78%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,015.20 ↑ +90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,052.80 ↑ +97%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $1,128.00 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1,136.00 ↑ +112%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,504.00 ↑ +181%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,670.00 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,692.00 ↑ +216%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,692.00 ↑ +216%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,729.60 ↑ +223%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,880.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,880.00 ↑ +251%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,880.00 ↑ +251%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $1,880.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,880.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|HMO $1,880.00 ↑ +251%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,179.00 ↑ +493%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,359.00 ↑ +900%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,570.00 ↑ +940%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,570.00 ↑ +940%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,570.00 ↑ +940%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,699.00 ↑ +1151%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,439.00 ↑ +1289%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,039.00 ↑ +1401%

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Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $686.35 $215.45 – $1,452.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,171.47 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,459.06 $175.16 – $961.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,336.33 $125.55 – $465.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,024.71 $175.16 – $2,209.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,013.66 $175.16 – $2,181.98
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,302.54 $890.68 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,310.19 $806.82 – $8,018.00

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