Drainage of mouth lesion 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

$468.18

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.

$918.00

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.

$336.29 with Aetna vs $8,976.00 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 $336.29 ↓ -28%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $1,333.00 ↑ +185%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,747.00 ↑ +487%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,056.00 ↑ +553%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $5,592.00 ↑ +1094%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $6,200.00 ↑ +1224%
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,812.00 ↑ +1355%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $7,480.00 ↑ +1498%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $8,621.00 ↑ +1741%
Blue Cross Mcs Ppo $8,976.00 ↑ +1817%

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Drainage of mouth lesion at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $420.75 $319.18 – $1,921.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $470.73 $304.63 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $255.51 $319.12 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $277.95 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $450.33 $329.57 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $486.72 $258.93 – $5,171.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $169.75 $304.63 – $2,594.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $523.25 $304.63 – $2,581.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →