5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
1000 Greenley Rd, Sonora, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1780673376
$46.91
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.
$275.94
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.
$3.31 with BC EXCHANGE vs $410.88 with HEALTHNET MCAL — 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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| BC EXCHANGE | BC EXCHANGE | $3.31 | ↓ -93% |
| BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.68 | ↓ -92% |
| BC MCS | BC MCS | $4.42 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | $22.88 | ↓ -51% |
| KAISER - ALL PLANS | KAISER - ALL PLANS | $137.97 | ↑ +194% |
| UHC SELECT | UHC SELECT | $141.78 | ↑ +202% |
| UHC JLL BP | UHC JLL BP | $153.07 | ↑ +226% |
| UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS | $161.12 | ↑ +243% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $198.68 | ↑ +324% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $209.17 | ↑ +346% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $209.72 | ↑ +347% |
| TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS | TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS | $220.76 | ↑ +371% |
| GREATWEST OA/POS/HMO | GREATWEST OA/POS/HMO | $234.55 | ↑ +400% |
| BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS | $234.55 | ↑ +400% |
| UHC PPO | UHC PPO | $237.26 | ↑ +406% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS | $241.73 | ↑ +415% |
| AFFORDABLE HEALTH - ALL PLANS | AFFORDABLE HEALTH - ALL PLANS | $248.35 | ↑ +429% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $248.35 | ↑ +429% |
| PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS | PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS | $248.35 | ↑ +429% |
| GREATWEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | GREATWEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $248.35 | ↑ +429% |
| INTERPLAN - ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN - ALL PLANS | $248.35 | ↑ +429% |
| CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS | CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS | $262.15 | ↑ +459% |
| STANILAUS FOUNDATION - ALL PLANS | STANILAUS FOUNDATION - ALL PLANS | $262.15 | ↑ +459% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $275.94 | ↑ +488% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL | $312.65 | ↑ +566% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL | $312.65 | ↑ +566% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL | $312.65 | ↑ +566% |
| CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS | CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS | $380.53 | ↑ +711% |
| HEALTHNET MCAL | HEALTHNET MCAL | $410.88 | ↑ +776% |
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 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL | Clearlake | $47.94 | $3.34 – $219.71 |