Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at NORTHWEST MEDICAL FOUNDATION OF TILLAMOOK
1000 3rd St, Tillamook, OR · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1871575225
$1,265.49
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.
$2,343.50
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.
$553.80 with AETNA MCARE vs $2,343.50 with WORKERS COMP — 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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| AETNA MCARE | AETNA MCARE | $553.80 | ↓ -56% |
| MODA HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | MODA HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $564.88 | ↓ -55% |
| STERLING LIFE - ALL PLANS | STERLING LIFE - ALL PLANS | $575.95 | ↓ -54% |
| ODS HEALTH MEDICARE | ODS HEALTH MEDICARE | $581.49 | ↓ -54% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH | DEVOTED HEALTH | $598.10 | ↓ -53% |
| REGENCE BCBS MCARE | REGENCE BCBS MCARE | $636.87 | ↓ -50% |
| HVHS MCARE - ALL PLANS | HVHS MCARE - ALL PLANS | $670.10 | ↓ -47% |
| AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | $887.90 | ↓ -30% |
| PACIFICSOURCE - ALL PLANS | PACIFICSOURCE - ALL PLANS | $1,062.72 | ↓ -16% |
| UHC - ALL PLANS | UHC - ALL PLANS | $1,173.56 | ↓ -7% |
| ODS HEALTH PLAN - ALL OTHER PLANS | ODS HEALTH PLAN - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,311.75 | ↑ +4% |
| REGENCE BCBS PREFERRED | REGENCE BCBS PREFERRED | $1,991.98 | ↑ +57% |
| REGENCE BCBS - ALL OTHER PLANS | REGENCE BCBS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $2,038.85 | ↑ +61% |
| LIFEWISE - ALL PLANS | LIFEWISE - ALL PLANS | $2,113.84 | ↑ +67% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $2,202.89 | ↑ +74% |
| FIRST CHOICE HEALTH- ALL PLANS | FIRST CHOICE HEALTH- ALL PLANS | $2,202.89 | ↑ +74% |
| HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS | HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS | $2,202.89 | ↑ +74% |
| PROVIDENCE PREFERRED - ALL PLANS | PROVIDENCE PREFERRED - ALL PLANS | $2,296.63 | ↑ +81% |
| WORKERS COMP | WORKERS COMP | $2,343.50 | ↑ +85% |
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Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at other Oregon hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital | Hood River | $1,755.75 | not published |
| Providence Seaside Hospital | Seaside | $1,755.75 | not published |
| MID-COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER | The Dalles | $925.44 | $553.80 – $1,928.00 |
| Sunnyside Medical Center | CLACKAMAS | not published | not published |
| Westside Medical Center | HILLSBORO | not published | not published |
| Providence Medford Medical Center | Medford | not published | $6,126.76 – $15,316.90 |
| Providence Newberg Medical Center | Newberg | not published | $6,612.24 – $12,297.15 |
| Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center | Oregon City | not published | $6,612.24 – $21,931.00 |