Assess cyst contrast inject at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
1165 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, CA · Providence · · NPI 1134152549
$262.65
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.
$515.00
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.
$290.27 with Aetna vs $5,803.00 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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| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $290.27 | ↑ +11% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,716.00 | ↑ +553% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,940.00 | ↑ +639% |
| Blue Cross | Epo Exchange | $4,042.00 | ↑ +1439% |
| Blue Cross | Nonmcs All Commercial Plans | $4,836.00 | ↑ +1741% |
| Blue Cross | Mcs All Commercial Plans | $5,803.00 | ↑ +2109% |
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Assess cyst contrast inject at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $180.02 | $50.44 – $320.58 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $140.39 | $41.01 – $299.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $128.58 | $41.01 – $298.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $198.12 | $41.01 – $455.68 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $195.98 | $41.01 – $528.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $499.29 | $300.44 – $6,200.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $590.36 | $41.01 – $409.92 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $939.36 | $1,200.00 – $5,357.00 |