Creatine kinase mb 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

$287.64

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.

$564.00

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.

$11.32 with Healthnet vs $135.48 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
Healthnet Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.55 ↓ -96%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $23.10 ↓ -92%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $23.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $80.59 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $94.25 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $112.90 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $135.48 ↓ -53%

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Creatine kinase mb at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $201.92 $11.55 – $36.04
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $21.91 $2.31 – $33.95
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $217.86 $5.35 – $29.77
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $183.15 $11.55 – $28.31
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $199.53 $2.89 – $35.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $112.79 $6.91 – $33.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $111.57 $6.91 – $33.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $630.87 $11.55 – $119.11

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