Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at NORTHWEST MEDICAL FOUNDATION OF TILLAMOOK

1000 3rd St, Tillamook, OR · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1871575225

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 22, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,823.58

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.

$3,377.00

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.

$413.90 with AETNA MCARE vs $1,688.50 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.

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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
AETNA MCARE AETNA MCARE $413.90 ↓ -77%
MODA HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS MODA HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $422.18 ↓ -77%
STERLING LIFE - ALL PLANS STERLING LIFE - ALL PLANS $430.46 ↓ -76%
ODS HEALTH MEDICARE ODS HEALTH MEDICARE $434.60 ↓ -76%
DEVOTED HEALTH DEVOTED HEALTH $447.01 ↓ -75%
REGENCE BCBS MCARE REGENCE BCBS MCARE $475.99 ↓ -74%
HVHS MCARE - ALL PLANS HVHS MCARE - ALL PLANS $500.82 ↓ -73%
AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS AETNA- ALL OTHER PLANS $639.60 ↓ -65%
PACIFICSOURCE - ALL PLANS PACIFICSOURCE - ALL PLANS $765.36 ↓ -58%
UHC - ALL PLANS UHC - ALL PLANS $877.10 ↓ -52%
ODS HEALTH PLAN - ALL OTHER PLANS ODS HEALTH PLAN - ALL OTHER PLANS $952.50 ↓ -48%
REGENCE BCBS PREFERRED REGENCE BCBS PREFERRED $1,435.23 ↓ -21%
REGENCE BCBS - ALL OTHER PLANS REGENCE BCBS - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,469.00 ↓ -19%
LIFEWISE - ALL PLANS LIFEWISE - ALL PLANS $1,523.03 ↓ -16%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $1,587.19 ↓ -13%
FIRST CHOICE HEALTH- ALL PLANS FIRST CHOICE HEALTH- ALL PLANS $1,587.19 ↓ -13%
HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS HEALTH NET - ALL PLANS $1,587.19 ↓ -13%
PROVIDENCE PREFERRED - ALL PLANS PROVIDENCE PREFERRED - ALL PLANS $1,654.73 ↓ -9%
WORKERS COMP WORKERS COMP $1,688.50 ↓ -7%

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Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at other Oregon hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Hood River $1,289.25 not published
Providence Seaside Hospital Seaside $1,289.25 not published
MID-COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER The Dalles $679.20 $413.90 – $1,415.00
Sunnyside Medical Center CLACKAMAS not published not published
Westside Medical Center HILLSBORO not published not published
Providence Medford Medical Center Medford not published $3,968.05 – $9,920.12
Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg not published $4,282.47 – $7,964.35
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center Oregon City not published $4,282.47 – $13,592.00

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