Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
1165 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, CA · Providence · · NPI 1134152549
$1,608.54
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.
$3,154.00
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.
$691.00 with Blue Shield vs $12,908.00 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.
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 Shield | Epn Exchange | $691.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $842.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Healthnet | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $985.34 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,005.45 | ↓ -37% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,741.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,100.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $3,331.00 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross | Epo Exchange | $4,042.00 | ↑ +151% |
| Blue Cross | Nonmcs All Commercial Plans | $4,836.00 | ↑ +201% |
| Blue Cross | Mcs All Commercial Plans | $5,803.00 | ↑ +261% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $12,908.00 | ↑ +702% |
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Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $969.30 | $168.98 – $1,726.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,056.53 | $140.72 – $1,963.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,313.76 | $593.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,768.93 | $111.69 – $2,327.50 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,619.05 | $111.69 – $1,042.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,620.14 | $111.69 – $2,235.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $924.91 | $111.69 – $1,994.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $914.94 | $111.69 – $1,969.47 |