5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL
15630 18th Ave, Clearlake, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1124018031
$47.94
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.
$133.16
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.
$3.34 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE vs $219.71 with PARTNERSHIP MCAL - ALL 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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| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $3.34 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS | $3.71 | ↓ -92% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.45 | ↓ -91% |
| KAISER MCR ADV | KAISER MCR ADV | $27.96 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | $27.96 | ↓ -42% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD- ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD- ALL PLANS | $27.96 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS MCR ADV | BLUE CROSS MCR ADV | $29.08 | ↓ -39% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $30.76 | ↓ -36% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $55.93 | ↑ +17% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $99.50 | ↑ +108% |
| WESTERN GROWERS- ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS- ALL PLANS | $99.87 | ↑ +108% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN - ALL OTHER PLANS | $102.27 | ↑ +113% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $102.27 | ↑ +113% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $105.50 | ↑ +120% |
| FIRST HEALTH- ALL PLANS | FIRST HEALTH- ALL PLANS | $106.53 | ↑ +122% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL PLANS | $109.19 | ↑ +128% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $111.06 | ↑ +132% |
| HUMANA- ALL PLANS | HUMANA- ALL PLANS | $113.19 | ↑ +136% |
| FOUNDATION- ALL PLANS | FOUNDATION- ALL PLANS | $113.19 | ↑ +136% |
| HEALTH MGMT NETWORK- ALL PLANS | HEALTH MGMT NETWORK- ALL PLANS | $113.19 | ↑ +136% |
| PHCS- ALL PLANS | PHCS- ALL PLANS | $113.19 | ↑ +136% |
| THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK- ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK- ALL PLANS | $119.84 | ↑ +150% |
| INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN- ALL PLANS | $119.84 | ↑ +150% |
| KAISER- ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $119.84 | ↑ +150% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $119.84 | ↑ +150% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $133.16 | ↑ +178% |
| BC MANAGED MCAL | BC MANAGED MCAL | $133.16 | ↑ +178% |
| PARTNERSHIP MCAL - ALL PLANS | PARTNERSHIP MCAL - ALL PLANS | $219.71 | ↑ +358% |
Visitor-reported prices
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5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $20.49 | $5.06 – $140.16 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $14.43 | $3.47 – $96.19 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $20.28 | $5.22 – $179.32 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $29.95 | $5.18 – $543.06 |
| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $82.44 | $916.00 – $1,190.80 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO | Delano | $13.93 | $59.20 – $89.84 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $51.70 | $1.71 – $234.99 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $13.20 | $8.96 – $44.01 |