Apheresis plasma 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

$12,260.91

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.

$24,041.00

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.

$2,211.33 with Aetna vs $9,175.00 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,211.33 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $5,592.00 ↓ -54%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,127.00 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $6,200.00 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,812.00 ↓ -44%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $7,455.00 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $7,480.00 ↓ -39%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8,291.00 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Mcs Ppo $8,976.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $9,175.00 ↓ -25%

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Apheresis plasma at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,230.31 $1,121.46 – $5,106.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,511.95 $1,041.39 – $3,779.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $949.39 $1,121.46 – $2,559.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $986.13 $1,121.46 – $2,559.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,487.49 $2,003.11 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,334.36 $877.59 – $3,510.36
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,901.90 $2,167.10 – $4,737.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $4,144.32 $1,702.64 – $5,171.00

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