Apply halo w/removal cranial at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

1165 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, CA · Providence · · NPI 1134152549

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$2,567.34

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.

$5,034.00

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.

$1,716.00 with Unitedhealthcare vs $19,505.00 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
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,716.00 ↓ -33%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,940.00 ↓ -24%
Healthnet Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,237.46 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $2,238.00 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,283.13 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $2,728.00 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $5,318.00 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $6,358.00 ↑ +148%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $7,630.00 ↑ +197%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $19,505.00 ↑ +660%

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Apply halo w/removal cranial at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,011.33 $1,687.00 – $2,211.17
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,038.36 $2,283.13 – $7,745.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,179.63 $2,068.15 – $9,008.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $958.80 $2,166.52 – $5,330.31
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,286.33 $5,981.00 – $36,398.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,831.68 $1,200.00 – $5,171.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,933.40 $1,142.00 – $4,776.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,245.30 $1,142.00 – $4,751.00

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