5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at ST HELENA HOSPITAL
10 Woodland Rd Saint Helena CA 94574|525 Oregon St, Vallejo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1720078082
$14.43
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.
$96.19
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.
$3.47 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE vs $96.19 with VA 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 | $3.47 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $3.85 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.62 | ↓ -68% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $22.88 | ↑ +59% |
| UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | $42.64 | ↑ +195% |
| BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | $43.28 | ↑ +200% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $44.63 | ↑ +209% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | $45.30 | ↑ +214% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $45.93 | ↑ +218% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $48.34 | ↑ +235% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $52.90 | ↑ +267% |
| WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | $55.79 | ↑ +287% |
| INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $57.71 | ↑ +300% |
| HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | $58.97 | ↑ +309% |
| UMR UHC PPO | UMR UHC PPO | $61.22 | ↑ +324% |
| UHC OPTIONS PPO | UHC OPTIONS PPO | $61.32 | ↑ +325% |
| CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | $67.33 | ↑ +367% |
| BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | $72.14 | ↑ +400% |
| CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | $76.95 | ↑ +433% |
| KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $78.87 | ↑ +447% |
| HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $81.76 | ↑ +467% |
| THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | $86.57 | ↑ +500% |
| GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $86.57 | ↑ +500% |
| VA MEDI-CAL | VA MEDI-CAL | $96.19 | ↑ +567% |
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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 |
| 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 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $13.20 | $8.96 – $44.01 |