Correct rectal prolapse at Redwood Memorial Hospital

3300 Renner Dr, Fortuna, CA · Providence · · NPI 1043292303

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$3,276.24

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.

$6,424.00

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.

$5,981.00 with Blue Shield vs $25,998.00 with Aetna — 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
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $5,981.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $8,222.00 ↑ +151%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $9,866.00 ↑ +201%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $16,652.00 ↑ +408%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $25,998.00 ↑ +694%

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Correct rectal prolapse at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,231.07 $1,921.00 – $11,185.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,662.34 $645.72 – $2,446.08
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,662.02 $3,941.05 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,056.65 $3,569.96 – $17,611.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,620.89 $2,335.00 – $5,198.77
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,721.69 $2,238.00 – $11,377.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,993.92 $3,034.47 – $7,883.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,834.00 $1,142.00 – $6,604.43

All California hospitals for this procedure →