Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
1000 Greenley Rd, Sonora, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1780673376
$15.30
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.
$90.00
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.
$0.62 with UHC MCR ADV vs $18.71 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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| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $0.62 | ↓ -96% |
| PHS PRIME HEALTH SRVCS-ALL PLANS | PHS PRIME HEALTH SRVCS-ALL PLANS | $0.62 | ↓ -96% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD - ALL PLANS | $0.62 | ↓ -96% |
| HEALTHNET MCR ADV | HEALTHNET MCR ADV | $0.62 | ↓ -96% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCARE | BLUE SHIELD MCARE | $0.62 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA MCR ADV | AETNA MCR ADV | $0.62 | ↓ -96% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $1.12 | ↓ -93% |
| KAISER - ALL PLANS | KAISER - ALL PLANS | $6.28 | ↓ -59% |
| UHC SELECT | UHC SELECT | $6.46 | ↓ -58% |
| UHC JLL BP | UHC JLL BP | $6.97 | ↓ -54% |
| UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS | $7.34 | ↓ -52% |
| BC EXCHANGE | BC EXCHANGE | $7.53 | ↓ -51% |
| BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $8.37 | ↓ -45% |
| BC MCS | BC MCS | $8.37 | ↓ -45% |
| AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | $8.73 | ↓ -43% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $9.05 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $9.52 | ↓ -38% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $9.55 | ↓ -38% |
| TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS | TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS | $10.05 | ↓ -34% |
| GREATWEST OA/POS/HMO | GREATWEST OA/POS/HMO | $10.68 | ↓ -30% |
| BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS | $10.68 | ↓ -30% |
| UHC PPO | UHC PPO | $10.80 | ↓ -29% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS | $11.01 | ↓ -28% |
| PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS | PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS | $11.31 | ↓ -26% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $11.31 | ↓ -26% |
| AFFORDABLE HEALTH - ALL PLANS | AFFORDABLE HEALTH - ALL PLANS | $11.31 | ↓ -26% |
| GREATWEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | GREATWEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $11.31 | ↓ -26% |
| INTERPLAN - ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN - ALL PLANS | $11.31 | ↓ -26% |
| STANILAUS FOUNDATION - ALL PLANS | STANILAUS FOUNDATION - ALL PLANS | $11.94 | ↓ -22% |
| CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS | CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS | $11.94 | ↓ -22% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $12.57 | ↓ -18% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL | $14.24 | ↓ -7% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL | $14.24 | ↓ -7% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL | $14.24 | ↓ -7% |
| CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS | CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS | $17.33 | ↑ +13% |
| HEALTHNET MCAL | HEALTHNET MCAL | $18.71 | ↑ +22% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $7.91 | $0.63 – $4.52 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $13.66 | $0.63 – $17.63 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $7.96 | $0.63 – $5.85 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $10.04 | $0.57 – $9.38 |
| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $2.88 | $0.63 – $6.50 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO | Delano | $5.98 | $0.57 – $8.53 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $13.93 | $5.98 – $17.95 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL | Clearlake | $20.70 | $4.81 – $7.93 |