Knee MRI (with and without contrast) at Queen of The Valley Medical Center
1000 Trancas St, Napa, CA · Providence · · NPI 1013080084
$11,846.28
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$23,228.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$495.35 with Aetna vs $10,607.78 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $495.35 | ↓ -96% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $610.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $610.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,511.83 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Cross | Epo Exchange | $7,372.33 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross | Nonmcs All Commercial Plans | $8,839.85 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross | Mcs Ppo | $10,607.78 | ↓ -10% |
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Knee MRI (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,253.08 | $453.77 – $4,012.32 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $3,518.78 | $635.04 – $4,911.11 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,702.42 | $470.15 – $5,833.69 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $9,004.56 | $448.71 – $8,360.27 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,993.70 | $470.05 – $3,335.02 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $8,086.05 | $485.45 – $6,272.09 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $5,361.60 | $381.40 – $830.11 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,429.00 | $448.71 – $2,166.87 |