Anoscopy remove fb 46608 at Petaluma Valley Hospital

400 N Mcdowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA · Providence · · NPI 1235162645

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$1,927.29

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.

$3,779.00

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.

$1,253.22 with Healthnet vs $10,997.00 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
Healthnet Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,253.22 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,278.80 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $1,921.00 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $2,343.00 ↑ +22%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,657.00 ↑ +142%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,208.00 ↑ +170%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,127.00 ↑ +218%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $10,997.00 ↑ +471%

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Anoscopy remove fb 46608 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $148.52 $57.70 – $218.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,418.42 $1,320.41 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,267.86 $1,196.08 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,432.59 $1,252.97 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,271.94 $5,981.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,484.72 $1,294.00 – $4,737.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,457.76 $1,016.67 – $5,171.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $897.40 $1,142.00 – $2,606.00

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