Mnpj of tmj w/anesth 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

$2,826.42

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.

$5,542.00

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.

$1,921.00 with Blue Shield vs $10,997.00 with Aetna — 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 $1,921.00 ↓ -32%
Healthnet Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,090.93 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,133.60 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $2,343.00 ↓ -17%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,657.00 ↑ +65%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,208.00 ↑ +84%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $6,127.00 ↑ +117%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $10,997.00 ↑ +289%

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Mnpj of tmj w/anesth at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,058.98 $2,203.03 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,732.58 $1,995.60 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,415.76 $2,090.52 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,770.21 $5,981.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,024.81 $2,158.97 – $4,737.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,244.48 $1,696.26 – $5,171.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $3,101.11 $375.70 – $3,906.28
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,877.40 $203.00 – $2,719.00

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