Lithium therapeutic drug level 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

$198.90

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.

$390.00

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.

$6.48 with Healthnet vs $83.16 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 $6.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.61 ↓ -97%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $13.22 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $13.22 ↓ -93%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $51.82 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $57.96 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $69.30 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $83.16 ↓ -58%

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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $139.29 $6.61 – $20.63
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $12.52 $1.32 – $19.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $97.92 $6.48 – $53.91
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $122.41 $6.61 – $22.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $85.92 $6.61 – $16.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $112.12 $6.21 – $22.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $57.51 $6.61 – $55.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $56.89 $6.61 – $54.51

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