Acute hepatitis panel at Healdsburg Hospital

1375 University Ave, Healdsburg, CA · Providence · · NPI 1295342012

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

$233.07

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.

$457.00

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.

$47.63 with Sutter Health Plus vs $190.78 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
Sutter Health Plus All Commercial Plans $47.63 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Anthem Ind1, Inca, Ncx3 All Commercial Plans $188.73 ↓ -19%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $190.78 ↓ -18%

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Acute hepatitis panel at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $260.61 $47.63 – $148.61
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $93.90 $9.53 – $145.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $436.56 $46.68 – $330.13
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $110.43 $16.50 – $122.73
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $322.35 $47.63 – $116.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $101.14 $8.91 – $144.27
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $455.22 $16.50 – $136.87
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $450.31 $16.50 – $136.87

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