Inj hrt cath w/s&i sel right vent 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.

$1,687.00 with Unitedhealthcare vs $1,886.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,687.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,886.00

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Inj hrt cath w/s&i sel right vent at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $83.22 $51.30 – $337.46
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $249.96 $177.51 – $572.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $232.07 $159.84 – $580.16
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $627.99 $154.69 – $1,794.24
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $266.40 $1,200.00 – $5,357.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,886.85 $177.51 – $3,773.70
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $612.50 $1,287.00 – $5,446.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $1,041.30 $176.58 – $1,696.13

All California hospitals for this procedure →