Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination 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

$269.07

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.

$982.00

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.

$3.66 with WCMG vs $70.21 with United — 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $3.66 ↓ -99%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $11.65 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $13.64 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $13.97 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $17.97 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.63 ↓ -93%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $19.96 ↓ -93%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $26.61 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $26.61 ↓ -90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $29.94 ↓ -89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $29.94 ↓ -89%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $30.60 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $31.37 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|< 21 $33.26 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|> 21 $33.26 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $33.26 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $33.26 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $33.26 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $33.26 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.26 ↓ -88%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $33.26 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $33.26 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $33.26 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $33.26 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $33.26 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $33.26 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $33.26 ↓ -88%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $33.26 ↓ -88%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $33.26 ↓ -88%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $33.26 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $33.26 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $33.26 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $33.26 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $33.26 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $33.26 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↓ -74%

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Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $190.10 $59.71 – $338.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $504.39 $70.23 – $110.13
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $170.18 $16.70 – $89.15
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $115.22 $9.75 – $37.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $155.86 $9.02 – $104.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $135.79 $18.93 – $99.43
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $134.33 $18.93 – $99.43
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $379.44 $73.99 – $139.18

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