Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion Ultrasound guide 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

$640.05

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.

$1,255.00

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.

$2,747.00 with Unitedhealthcare 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
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,747.00 ↑ +329%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,056.00 ↑ +377%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $6,200.00 ↑ +869%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $7,480.00 ↑ +1069%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $8,621.00 ↑ +1247%
Blue Cross Mcs Ppo $8,976.00 ↑ +1302%

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Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion Ultrasound guide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $186.15 $114.75 – $727.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,027.20 $418.09 – $2,187.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $809.09 $200.88 – $729.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $299.40 $249.15 – $453.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $296.17 $249.15 – $453.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $856.29 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $384.56 $0.80 – $215.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $900.66 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00

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