Bx perianal mass 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

$4,540.02

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.

$8,902.00

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.

$1,320.41 with Aetna vs $8,621.00 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 $1,320.41 ↓ -71%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,316.00 ↓ -5%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,800.00 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $5,592.00 ↑ +23%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,127.00 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,812.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $8,621.00 ↑ +90%

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Bx perianal mass at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,422.21 $1,253.22 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,507.83 $585.70 – $2,218.72
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,157.63 $1,196.08 – $6,127.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,483.08 $1,252.97 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $9,994.98 $5,981.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,489.02 $1,294.00 – $2,741.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,537.44 $1,016.67 – $5,171.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,101.80 $1,142.00 – $4,776.00

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