Plasma volume single at Petaluma Valley Hospital
400 N Mcdowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA · Providence · · NPI 1235162645
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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.
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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.
$219.77 with Blue Cross vs $2,035.50 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.
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 Cross | Epo Exchange | $219.77 | — |
| Blue Cross | Nonmcs All Commercial Plans | $263.26 | — |
| Blue Cross | Mcs All Commercial Plans | $315.91 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $397.87 | — |
| Healthnet | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,744.68 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,780.29 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,035.50 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,035.50 | — |
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Plasma volume single at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $277.74 – $2,035.50 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $314.96 – $2,035.50 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $125.64 – $1,744.34 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $315.69 – $315.69 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $236.29 – $2,035.50 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $352.66 – $3,080.50 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $84.39 – $4,677.65 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $132.36 – $4,661.06 |