Ablation cryo retro lymph node at ST HELENA HOSPITAL

10 Woodland Rd Saint Helena CA 94574|525 Oregon St, Vallejo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1720078082

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 15, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$263.85

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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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$1,759.00

Gross charge

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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.

$586.08 with UHC MCR ADV vs $18,756.00 with WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $586.08 ↑ +122%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $586.08 ↑ +122%
BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV $586.08 ↑ +122%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $586.08 ↑ +122%
VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS $586.08 ↑ +122%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $586.08 ↑ +122%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $779.76 ↑ +196%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $791.55 ↑ +200%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $839.92 ↑ +218%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $884.07 ↑ +235%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $967.45 ↑ +267%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $1,054.95 ↑ +300%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $1,055.40 ↑ +300%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $1,078.44 ↑ +309%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $1,119.60 ↑ +324%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $1,121.36 ↑ +325%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $1,165.87 ↑ +342%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $1,231.30 ↑ +367%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $1,295.33 ↑ +391%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,295.33 ↑ +391%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $1,319.25 ↑ +400%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,407.20 ↑ +433%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,442.38 ↑ +447%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $1,495.15 ↑ +467%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $1,583.10 ↑ +500%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $1,583.10 ↑ +500%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $5,628.50 ↑ +2033%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $7,948.31 ↑ +2912%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $8,138.37 ↑ +2984%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $18,756.00 ↑ +7009%

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Ablation cryo retro lymph node at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Vallejo Medical Center VALLEJO $1,080.80 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,080.80 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,080.80 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $826.80 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $826.80 not published
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $1,080.80 not published
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $1,080.80 not published
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $1,080.80 not published

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