CT colonography dx 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.

$148.44 with Aetna vs $2,199.30 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 $148.44
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $179.33
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $179.33
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $1,528.50
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,570.01
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $1,832.76
Blue Cross Mcs Ppo $2,199.30

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CT colonography dx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,783.54 $135.12 – $3,176.16
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $212.72 $135.12 – $1,756.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $183.46 $126.36 – $1,768.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,210.11 $128.25 – $3,375.12
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $641.07 $145.47 – $1,253.94
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $194.40 $114.29 – $248.76
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $159.30 $146.10 – $2,468.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $829.85 $134.46 – $1,160.74

All California hospitals for this procedure →