Serial tonometry at SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
1000 Greenley Rd, Sonora, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1780673376
$37.40
Cash price 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.
$220.00
Gross charge 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.
$26.62 with HEALTHNET MCR ADV vs $141.91 with BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HEALTHNET MCR ADV | HEALTHNET MCR ADV | $26.62 | ↓ -29% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $26.62 | ↓ -29% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | $26.62 | ↓ -29% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY | $26.62 | ↓ -29% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCARE | BLUE SHIELD MCARE | $26.62 | ↓ -29% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $28.93 | ↓ -23% |
| HEALTHNET MCAL | HEALTHNET MCAL | $28.93 | ↓ -23% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL | $28.93 | ↓ -23% |
| BC MCAL | BC MCAL | $28.93 | ↓ -23% |
| CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS | CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS | $28.93 | ↓ -23% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $29.28 | ↓ -22% |
| CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS | CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS | $32.74 | ↓ -12% |
| GREATWEST OA/POS/HMO | GREATWEST OA/POS/HMO | $34.61 | ↓ -7% |
| GREATWEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | GREATWEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $34.61 | ↓ -7% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $37.00 | ↓ -1% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS | $38.79 | ↑ +4% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL | $43.40 | ↑ +16% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE COMM PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE COMM PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $43.40 | ↑ +16% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL | $57.86 | ↑ +55% |
| UHC SELECT | UHC SELECT | $68.08 | ↑ +82% |
| UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS | $68.08 | ↑ +82% |
| UHC PPO | UHC PPO | $68.08 | ↑ +82% |
| UHC JLL BP | UHC JLL BP | $68.08 | ↑ +82% |
| BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS | $71.10 | ↑ +90% |
| TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS | TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS | $71.10 | ↑ +90% |
| AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | $78.71 | ↑ +110% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $112.15 | ↑ +200% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $118.52 | ↑ +217% |
| BC MCS | BC MCS | $141.91 | ↑ +279% |
| BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $141.91 | ↑ +279% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Serial tonometry at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $171.36 | $243.90 – $243.90 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $118.83 | $308.23 – $308.23 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $355.98 | $349.53 – $349.53 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $106.08 | $139.43 – $139.43 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $355.98 | $350.35 – $350.35 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $118.32 | $262.23 – $262.23 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $180.00 | $410.43 – $410.43 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $79.80 | $115.31 – $201.15 |