Blood typing rh phenotype complete reference 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

$73.95

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.

$145.00

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.

$15.50 with Unitedhealthcare vs $90.93 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 All Commercial Plans $15.50 ↓ -79%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $15.50 ↓ -79%
Healthnet Medicare Managed Care Plan $50.33 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $51.36 ↓ -31%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $54.12 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $63.26 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $75.77 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $90.93 ↑ +23%

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Blood typing rh phenotype complete reference at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $177.39 $9.30 – $85.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $53.98 $1.55 – $75.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.10 $7.47 – $73.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $87.25 $7.47 – $128.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $29.40 $7.47 – $73.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $27.83 $7.32 – $60.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $27.53 $7.32 – $59.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $60.18 $15.50 – $79.94

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