MRI upper extremity other than joint without & w/contrast (both sides) 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

$5,959.35

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$11,685.00

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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.

$485.45 with Healthnet vs $3,987.56 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 $485.45 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $495.35 ↓ -92%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $610.96 ↓ -90%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $610.96 ↓ -90%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,563.69 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $2,779.57 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $3,322.95 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $3,987.56 ↓ -33%

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MRI upper extremity other than joint without & w/contrast (both sides) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,468.57 $453.77 – $4,396.08
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,967.54 $644.29 – $2,746.07
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,776.15 $470.15 – $2,585.29
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,473.03 $495.35 – $3,267.16
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,380.39 $448.71 – $3,704.98
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,993.70 $470.05 – $1,477.97
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,062.40 $381.40 – $830.11
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,862.35 $448.71 – $2,166.87

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