Revision tips 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

$20,368.89

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.

$39,939.00

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 $33,905.00 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 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $2,728.00 ↓ -87%
Healthnet Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,919.61 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,081.23 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $9,773.00 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $11,684.00 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $14,021.00 ↓ -31%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $20,488.00 ↑ +1%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $23,169.00 ↑ +14%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $27,307.00 ↑ +34%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $33,905.00 ↑ +66%

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Revision tips at other California hospitals

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St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7,078.52 $377.94 – $13,090.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $41,050.34 $249.81 – $25,078.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $38,254.89 $249.81 – $25,078.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $14,616.29 $249.81 – $31,517.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $14,458.70 $249.81 – $31,123.63
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,848.65 $249.81 – $13,853.28
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $8,331.84 $5,171.00 – $14,208.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $19,754.37 $249.81 – $37,974.42

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