Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag 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

$877.20

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,720.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$2,747.00 with Unitedhealthcare vs $8,976.00 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,747.00 ↑ +213%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,056.00 ↑ +248%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $6,200.00 ↑ +607%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $7,480.00 ↑ +753%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $8,621.00 ↑ +883%
Blue Cross Mcs Ppo $8,976.00 ↑ +923%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $196.23 $120.96 – $881.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,132.74 $836.05 – $2,104.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,368.95 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $487.07 $506.70 – $1,014.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,417.92 $292.85 – $1,109.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $405.72 $239.49 – $869.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $554.28 $506.70 – $1,221.15
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $548.30 $506.70 – $1,308.78

All California hospitals for this procedure →