Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access 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

$1,115.37

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.

$2,187.00

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.

$534.38 with Aetna 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
Aetna All Commercial Plans $534.38 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $990.07 ↓ -11%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $3,331.00 ↑ +199%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,316.00 ↑ +287%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,800.00 ↑ +330%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $5,592.00 ↑ +401%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $6,200.00 ↑ +456%
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,812.00 ↑ +511%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $7,480.00 ↑ +571%
Blue Cross Mcs Ppo $8,976.00 ↑ +705%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $740.66 $222.48 – $1,569.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,150.47 $147.06 – $1,590.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,067.42 $147.06 – $1,590.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $795.43 $147.06 – $1,393.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,041.18 $147.06 – $1,433.85
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,250.34 $896.84 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,782.53 $147.06 – $1,697.64
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $727.77 $524.98 – $4,042.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →