Application skin substitute graft trunk/arms/legs <100 sq cm 1st 25 sq cm 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

$3,513.90

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.

$6,890.00

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.

$995.98 with Healthnet vs $11,153.00 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 $995.98 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,016.31 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $2,570.00 ↓ -27%
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $3,135.00 ↓ -11%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,657.00 ↑ +33%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,208.00 ↑ +48%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $9,858.00 ↑ +181%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $11,153.00 ↑ +217%

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Application skin substitute graft trunk/arms/legs <100 sq cm 1st 25 sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,012.60 $101.91 – $1,806.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $152.52 $59.25 – $224.42
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $918.97 $82.85 – $1,753.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,803.07 $1,049.38 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,397.11 $950.57 – $9,858.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,332.74 $995.78 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,200.65 $8,005.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,760.74 $1,028.39 – $4,737.00

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