Insertion of heart electrode 33211 at Petaluma Valley Hospital
400 N Mcdowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA · Providence · · NPI 1235162645
$16,525.53
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.
$32,403.00
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.
$7,716.00 with Blue Shield vs $46,622.00 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.
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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| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $7,716.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $9,413.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Healthnet | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11,152.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11,379.59 | ↓ -31% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $15,313.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $17,127.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $20,618.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $46,622.00 | ↑ +182% |
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Insertion of heart electrode 33211 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6,139.45 | $247.50 – $20,488.56 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $6,497.37 | $201.22 – $13,986.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $15,840.09 | $7,745.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $13,974.00 | $9,008.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $8,326.26 | $6,323.17 – $11,149.80 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $12,488.88 | $9,031.00 – $46,797.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,786.91 | $201.22 – $13,676.88 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $15,840.09 | $5,318.00 – $15,575.00 |