Measurement post void urine by ultrasound at Queen of The Valley Medical Center
1000 Trancas St, Napa, CA · Providence · · NPI 1013080084
$133.11
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.
$261.00
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.
$83.76 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.
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 | $83.76 | ↓ -37% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $1,333.00 | ↑ +901% |
| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $1,727.00 | ↑ +1197% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $2,104.00 | ↑ +1481% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,747.00 | ↑ +1964% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,056.00 | ↑ +2196% |
| Blue Cross | Epo Exchange | $6,200.00 | ↑ +4558% |
| Blue Cross | Nonmcs All Commercial Plans | $7,480.00 | ↑ +5519% |
| Blue Cross | Mcs Ppo | $8,976.00 | ↑ +6643% |
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Measurement post void urine by ultrasound at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $95.05 | $58.59 – $169.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $276.42 | $79.50 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $151.52 | $59.20 – $346.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $37.97 | $14.75 – $57.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $138.77 | $56.43 – $204.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $70.87 | $59.20 – $152.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $70.10 | $59.20 – $150.89 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $183.09 | $75.87 – $8,018.00 |