Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at Petaluma Valley Hospital
400 N Mcdowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA · Providence · · NPI 1235162645
$433.50
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.
$850.00
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.
$115.41 with Blue Cross vs $301.12 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.
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 | $115.41 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross | Nonmcs All Commercial Plans | $138.25 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Cross | Mcs All Commercial Plans | $165.89 | ↓ -62% |
| Healthnet | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $295.10 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $301.12 | ↓ -31% |
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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other California hospitals
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $394.64 | $28.01 – $546.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $312.87 | $18.30 – $746.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $259.74 | $20.84 – $370.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $272.44 | $18.30 – $1,149.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $335.02 | $20.84 – $794.64 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $331.41 | $20.84 – $12,607.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $518.67 | $145.85 – $310.92 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $317.22 | $165.39 – $281.64 |