Aztreonam 1 gram solution for injection 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

$257.36

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.

$504.63

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.

$3.97 with Blue Cross vs $5.33 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $3.97 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $4.75 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $4.75 ↓ -98%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4.96 ↓ -98%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5.33 ↓ -98%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $5.33 ↓ -98%

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Aztreonam 1 gram solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $106.00 $18.09 – $52.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $358.24 $140.85 – $306.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $315.17 $106.92 – $388.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $191.07 $55.60 – $111.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $121.85 $16.00 – $64.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $257.36 $4.29 – $5.33
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $257.36 $5.12 – $5.33
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $140.53 $3.03 – $10.12

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