Bronchoscopy treat blockage at Petaluma Valley Hospital
400 N Mcdowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA · Providence · · NPI 1235162645
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$2,570.00 with Blue Shield vs $16,652.00 with Healthnet — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $2,570.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $3,135.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,024.36 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,126.90 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $11,153.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $11,185.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $12,508.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $16,652.00 | — |
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Bronchoscopy treat blockage at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,339.59 | $241.81 – $9,357.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,292.80 | $241.81 – $9,240.63 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $5,091.24 | $411.07 – $6,413.12 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $1,294.38 | $241.81 – $5,905.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $5,068.48 | $480.59 – $9,797.06 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,029.84 | $241.81 – $5,196.40 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $1,837.64 | $241.81 – $4,724.00 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $1,294.38 | $241.81 – $4,724.00 |