Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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

$474.30

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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.

$930.00

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.

$177.02 with Blue Cross vs $253.96 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
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $177.02 ↓ -63%
Healthnet Medicare Managed Care Plan $185.13 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $188.91 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $211.63 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $253.96 ↓ -46%

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $260.18 $40.03 – $594.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $53.84 $25.78 – $107.67
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $534.48 $164.65 – $182.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $26.80 – $746.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $185.82 $35.46 – $273.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $64.29 $26.80 – $1,149.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $306.82 $35.46 – $727.76
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $303.51 $35.46 – $12,607.00

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