Ins vag brachytx device 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

$750.72

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.

$1,472.00

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.

$424.02 with Healthnet vs $15,202.00 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 $424.02 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $432.67 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $691.00 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $842.00 ↑ +12%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $1,333.00 ↑ +78%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,716.00 ↑ +129%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,940.00 ↑ +158%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $4,042.00 ↑ +438%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $4,836.00 ↑ +544%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $5,803.00 ↑ +673%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $15,202.00 ↑ +1925%

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Ins vag brachytx device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $277.95 $391.93 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $247.26 $86.82 – $706.44
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $5,563.68 $333.14 – $1,597.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $505.22 $99.84 – $971.19
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $353.22 $118.06 – $1,266.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $281.75 $353.00 – $2,581.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $490.08 $333.14 – $1,293.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $1,067.52 $333.14 – $1,535.00

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