Plmt nephroureteral catheter 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

$4,417.62

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.

$8,662.00

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.

$2,238.00 with Blue Shield 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
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $2,238.00 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $2,728.00 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $4,042.00 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $4,836.00 ↑ +9%
Healthnet Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,904.88 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,004.98 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $5,803.00 ↑ +31%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $6,732.00 ↑ +52%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $7,614.00 ↑ +72%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $9,858.00 ↑ +123%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $15,202.00 ↑ +244%

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Plmt nephroureteral catheter at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,127.37 $1,311.39 – $8,044.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,689.17 $1,043.18 – $5,621.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,294.76 $1,043.18 – $5,621.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,425.82 $1,043.18 – $4,924.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,768.36 $1,043.18 – $8,111.72
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,892.32 $5,004.98 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,421.70 $4,533.71 – $10,413.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,838.63 $1,043.18 – $10,750.32

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