Cta lower extremity without & w/contrast (both sides) at Petaluma Valley Hospital
400 N Mcdowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA · Providence · · NPI 1235162645
$11,077.71
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.
$21,721.00
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.
$236.37 with Healthnet vs $2,529.48 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.
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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| Healthnet | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $236.37 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $241.20 | ↓ -98% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $291.55 | ↓ -97% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $291.55 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Cross | Epo Exchange | $1,759.72 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $1,846.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross | Nonmcs All Commercial Plans | $2,107.91 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Cross | Mcs All Commercial Plans | $2,529.48 | ↓ -77% |
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Cta lower extremity without & w/contrast (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $772.20 | $226.19 – $1,566.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,281.96 | $521.45 – $2,185.41 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,057.96 | $249.04 – $2,223.85 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,870.39 | $225.59 – $2,521.86 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,026.74 | $236.33 – $1,063.06 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $3,026.34 | $2,527.75 – $2,527.75 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $9,732.33 | $244.06 – $1,891.97 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,481.12 | $191.76 – $417.35 |