Coombs indirect titer reference at Petaluma Valley Hospital
400 N Mcdowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA · Providence · · NPI 1235162645
$547.74
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.
$1,074.00
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.
$10.36 with Unitedhealthcare vs $234.28 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.
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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| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $10.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $10.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $36.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Cross | Epo Exchange | $42.21 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross | Nonmcs All Commercial Plans | $50.56 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross | Mcs All Commercial Plans | $60.67 | ↓ -89% |
| Healthnet | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $229.59 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $234.28 | ↓ -57% |
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Coombs indirect titer reference at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $148.05 | $6.22 – $368.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $95.55 | $1.04 – $145.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $243.11 | $5.94 – $16.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $175.16 | $5.18 – $147.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $222.66 | $4.32 – $16.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $129.85 | $5.93 – $171.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $128.45 | $5.93 – $175.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $216.75 | $10.36 – $53.34 |