CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast 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

$3,142.11

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.

$6,161.00

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.

$244.06 with Healthnet vs $2,530.01 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.

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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
Healthnet Medicare Managed Care Plan $244.06 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $249.04 ↓ -92%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $291.55 ↓ -91%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $291.55 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $1,763.57 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $2,108.33 ↓ -33%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,126.41 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $2,530.01 ↓ -19%

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CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,630.68 $226.19 – $2,903.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,105.45 $35.60 – $1,907.99
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,325.82 $236.37 – $1,640.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,449.68 $226.19 – $5,941.74
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,854.14 $308.17 – $2,214.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,740.08 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,967.42 $226.19 – $4,242.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,946.21 $226.19 – $4,189.37

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