Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL
275 Hospital Dr, Ukiah, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1235120676
$8.42
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.
$42.11
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 KAISER MCR ADV vs $11.82 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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| KAISER MCR ADV | KAISER MCR ADV | $0.62 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | $0.62 | ↓ -93% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | $0.62 | ↓ -93% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $0.62 | ↓ -93% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $1.12 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $4.49 | ↓ -47% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.50 | ↓ -47% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $4.56 | ↓ -46% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS | $4.99 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS-ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.99 | ↓ -41% |
| WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | $6.74 | ↓ -20% |
| HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | $6.76 | ↓ -20% |
| MENDOCINO LCC DISTRICT-ALL PLANS | MENDOCINO LCC DISTRICT-ALL PLANS | $7.68 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $7.84 | ↓ -7% |
| FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE-ALL PLANS | FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE-ALL PLANS | $8.86 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA-ALL PLANS | CIGNA-ALL PLANS | $9.22 | ↑ +10% |
| UHC JLL CSP 1/1/25 | UHC JLL CSP 1/1/25 | $9.35 | ↑ +11% |
| KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $9.45 | ↑ +12% |
| PHCS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | PHCS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | $9.45 | ↑ +12% |
| NETWORKS BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS | NETWORKS BY DESIGN-ALL PLANS | $9.45 | ↑ +12% |
| INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $9.69 | ↑ +15% |
| UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $9.88 | ↑ +17% |
| BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | $10.04 | ↑ +19% |
| CHOICE CARE-ALL PLANS | CHOICE CARE-ALL PLANS | $10.04 | ↑ +19% |
| HEALTH MGMT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | HEALTH MGMT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $10.04 | ↑ +19% |
| THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | $10.64 | ↑ +26% |
| KAISER MEDI-CAL | KAISER MEDI-CAL | $11.82 | ↑ +40% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $11.82 | ↑ +40% |
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 |