Thyroid imaging at Petaluma Valley Hospital
400 N Mcdowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA · Providence · · NPI 1235162645
$852.72
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.
$1,672.00
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.
$538.74 with Healthnet vs $1,385.37 with Blue Cross — 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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| Healthnet | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $538.74 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $549.73 | ↓ -36% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $589.01 | ↓ -31% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $589.01 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $822.50 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Cross | Epo Exchange | $963.78 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross | Nonmcs All Commercial Plans | $1,154.48 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Cross | Mcs All Commercial Plans | $1,385.37 | ↑ +62% |
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Thyroid imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $392.89 | $242.19 – $1,824.90 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,349.60 | $537.00 – $537.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,349.60 | $537.00 – $537.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,154.40 | $365.00 – $365.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,154.40 | $365.00 – $365.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $522.71 | $80.37 – $755.63 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $1,349.60 | $537.00 – $537.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $1,349.60 | $537.00 – $537.00 |