Echo transesophageal 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

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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.

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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.

$760.32 with Healthnet vs $3,470.11 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
Healthnet Medicare Managed Care Plan $760.32
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $775.83
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $903.32
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $1,079.91
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $1,295.90
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,470.11

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Echo transesophageal at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,578.98 $277.17 – $3,947.44
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,600.32 $597.36 – $1,300.14
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $857.65 $277.17 – $3,827.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $643.71 $249.45 – $1,497.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $1,321.92 $597.36 – $1,300.14
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,763.41 $277.17 – $7,832.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $1,957.92 $597.36 – $1,300.14
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $536.27 $277.17 – $1,316.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →