Candida skin test 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

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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.

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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.

$38.97 with Sutter Health Plus vs $42.01 with Blue Cross — 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 $38.97
Aetna All Commercial Plans $40.68
Blue Cross Anthem Ind1, Inca, Ncx3 All Commercial Plans $42.01

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Candida skin test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $151.00 $28.50 – $57.69
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $149.37 $14.84 – $57.69
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $233.54 $32.71 – $327.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $120.84 $29.54 – $337.02
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $226.60 $12.93 – $413.60
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $128.62 $14.95 – $461.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $115.70 $1.00 – $68.82
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $111.65 $1.00 – $68.82

All California hospitals for this procedure →