Bone marrow imaging body 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

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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.

$567.62 with Aetna vs $1,731.02 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 $567.62
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $589.01
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $589.01
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $1,203.05
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $1,442.52
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,699.57
Blue Cross Mcs Ppo $1,731.02

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Bone marrow imaging body at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $821.69 $506.52 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,444.66 $80.37 – $2,088.41
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $705.28 $510.57 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $697.67 $221.97 – $1,976.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $526.26 $187.95 – $848.52
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,408.18 $228.70 – $1,773.80
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,057.81 $193.38 – $884.54
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $2,557.83 $329.98 – $5,762.14

All California hospitals for this procedure →