Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$150.45

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.

$295.00

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.

$85.10 with Aetna vs $709.31 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 $85.10 ↓ -43%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $170.20 ↑ +13%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $170.20 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $266.90 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $320.03 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Mcs Ppo $384.04 ↑ +155%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $709.31 ↑ +371%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $26.28 $16.20 – $225.82
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $33.48 $17.02 – $124.81
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $150.45 $83.40 – $211.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.67 $30.00 – $219.29
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $141.70 $32.48 – $60.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $23.52 $16.20 – $257.79
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $124.29 $30.00 – $244.57
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $122.95 $30.00 – $244.57

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