Skin Biopsy at Woodland Memorial Hospital
1325 Cottonwood St, Woodland, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1922116037
$1,099.29
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.
$4,012.00
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.
$54.01 with WCMG vs $7,236.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $54.01 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $71.48 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $71.48 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $71.48 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $71.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $171.85 | ↓ -84% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $180.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $180.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $201.31 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $206.22 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $246.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $261.11 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $261.11 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $261.11 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $261.11 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $261.11 | ↓ -76% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $261.11 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $265.14 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $274.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Magellan | Commercial|All Plans | $294.60 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $384.21 | ↓ -65% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $392.80 | ↓ -64% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $441.90 | ↓ -60% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $441.90 | ↓ -60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $451.72 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $491.00 | ↓ -55% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $491.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $491.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $491.00 | ↓ -55% |
| YoloCountyPsych | Medicaid|All Plans | $491.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $491.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,646.00 | ↑ +141% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,828.00 | ↑ +248% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,055.00 | ↑ +269% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $4,127.00 | ↑ +275% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,785.00 | ↑ +335% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $4,923.00 | ↑ +348% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,570.00 | ↑ +407% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,570.00 | ↑ +407% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,570.00 | ↑ +407% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,742.00 | ↑ +422% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,191.00 | ↑ +463% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,236.00 | ↑ +558% |
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Skin Biopsy at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,126.73 | $108.14 – $596.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $365.67 | $547.82 – $2,570.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,110.24 | $71.48 – $2,542.12 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $74.60 | $27.69 – $104.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,016.85 | $71.48 – $2,173.64 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $155.08 | $71.48 – $334.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $153.41 | $71.48 – $330.22 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $406.98 | $577.20 – $7,483.00 |