Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$140.25

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.

$275.00

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.

$2.65 with Healthnet vs $32.89 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 $2.65 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2.70 ↓ -98%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5.40 ↓ -96%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $5.40 ↓ -96%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $21.14 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Epo Exchange $22.93 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Nonmcs All Commercial Plans $27.41 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Mcs All Commercial Plans $32.89 ↓ -77%

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.36 $0.54 – $8.73
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $85.17 $2.65 – $21.32
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $150.66 $2.70 – $6.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $115.22 $2.70 – $169.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $137.99 $1.89 – $8.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $103.14 $2.70 – $131.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $102.03 $2.70 – $129.56
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $207.57 $2.70 – $26.95

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