Embo or occlude vascular tumor/organ/infarct s&i 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

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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.

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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.

$593.00 with Blue Shield vs $62,607.00 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.

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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
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $593.00
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $724.00
Aetna All Commercial Plans $14,372.00
Healthnet Medicare Managed Care Plan $15,557.07
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $15,874.56
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $20,143.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $22,527.00
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $62,607.00

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Embo or occlude vascular tumor/organ/infarct s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7,078.52 $771.65 – $26,644.42
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $18,047.48 $510.05 – $41,323.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17,025.35 $510.05 – $41,323.66
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13,040.65 $510.05 – $28,120.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,900.05 $510.05 – $27,768.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $16,805.63 $510.05 – $26,889.24
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $14,433.51 $691.00 – $20,488.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $25,170.24 $1,597.00 – $27,468.35

All California hospitals for this procedure →