5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL
275 Hospital Dr, Ukiah, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1235120676
$12.83
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.
$64.16
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.
$7.78 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE vs $64.16 with MEDI-CAL — 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 | $7.78 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS | $8.65 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS-ALL OTHER PLANS | $10.38 | ↓ -19% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $20.80 | ↑ +62% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | $24.45 | ↑ +91% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $24.77 | ↑ +93% |
| WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | $36.57 | ↑ +185% |
| HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | $36.70 | ↑ +186% |
| MENDOCINO LCC DISTRICT-ALL PLANS | MENDOCINO LCC DISTRICT-ALL PLANS | $41.70 | ↑ +225% |
| FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE-ALL PLANS | FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE-ALL PLANS | $48.12 | ↑ +275% |
| CIGNA-ALL PLANS | CIGNA-ALL PLANS | $50.04 | ↑ +290% |
| UHC JLL CSP 1/1/25 | UHC JLL CSP 1/1/25 | $50.76 | ↑ +296% |
| NETWORKS BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS | NETWORKS BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS | $51.33 | ↑ +300% |
| KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $51.33 | ↑ +300% |
| PHCS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | PHCS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | $51.33 | ↑ +300% |
| INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $52.61 | ↑ +310% |
| UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $53.63 | ↑ +318% |
| CHOICE CARE-ALL PLANS | CHOICE CARE-ALL PLANS | $54.54 | ↑ +325% |
| HEALTH MGMT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | HEALTH MGMT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $54.54 | ↑ +325% |
| BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | $54.54 | ↑ +325% |
| THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | $57.74 | ↑ +350% |
| KAISER MEDI-CAL | KAISER MEDI-CAL | $64.16 | ↑ +400% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $64.16 | ↑ +400% |
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 |