Homocysteine 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

$197.88

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.

$388.00

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.

$17.56 with Healthnet vs $212.25 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 $17.56 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.92 ↓ -91%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $35.84 ↓ -82%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $35.84 ↓ -82%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $132.23 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $147.95 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $176.88 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $212.25 ↑ +7%

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Homocysteine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $75.78 $3.51 – $47.56
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $149.43 $17.56 – $137.61
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $140.73 $6.50 – $46.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $29.84 $7.04 – $13.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $128.89 $3.51 – $54.29
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $43.78 $6.50 – $51.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $43.31 $6.50 – $51.50
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $342.21 $17.92 – $173.91

All California hospitals for this procedure →