Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at Queen of The Valley Medical Center

1000 Trancas St, Napa, CA · Providence · · NPI 1013080084

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

$2.55

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.

$5.00

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.

$17.93 with Aetna vs $235.14 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.93 ↑ +603%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $35.86 ↑ +1306%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $35.86 ↑ +1306%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $131.14 ↑ +5043%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $163.42 ↑ +6309%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $195.95 ↑ +7584%
Blue Cross Mcs Ppo $235.14 ↑ +9121%

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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.77 $3.59 – $29.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $28.25 $0.94 – $46.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7.62 $2.39 – $4.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $25.88 $0.51 – $54.29
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $28.79 $0.98 – $1.87
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $3.19 $1.61 – $32.68
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $4.59 $0.42 – $62.40
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $4.92 $0.47 – $79.70

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