Bx/exc lymph node/open/superfic 38500 at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
1165 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, CA · Providence · · NPI 1134152549
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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.
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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.
$2,995.00 with Blue Shield vs $16,652.00 with Healthnet — 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 | $2,995.00 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $3,650.00 | — |
| Blue Cross | Epo Exchange | $4,042.00 | — |
| Blue Cross | Nonmcs All Commercial Plans | $4,836.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,448.19 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,559.37 | — |
| Blue Cross | Mcs All Commercial Plans | $5,803.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $6,732.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7,614.00 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $15,202.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $16,652.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bx/exc lymph node/open/superfic 38500 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $450.89 | $110.22 – $663.46 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,008.82 | $5,035.90 – $16,652.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $4,862.40 | $4,035.00 – $9,316.42 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $3,510.50 | $1,528.00 – $7,332.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $135.57 – $8,628.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2,570.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $110.22 – $4,865.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $110.22 – $4,865.48 |