Ablation cryo thigh/knee 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

$373.17

Cash price

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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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$2,487.82

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.

$41.00 with AETNA-ALL PLANS vs $8,138.37 with BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN — 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
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $41.00 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $82.75 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $82.75 ↓ -78%
VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS $327.69 ↓ -12%
BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV $327.69 ↓ -12%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $327.69 ↓ -12%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $327.69 ↓ -12%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $327.69 ↓ -12%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $327.69 ↓ -12%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $449.51 ↑ +20%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $456.30 ↑ +22%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $484.19 ↑ +30%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $509.64 ↑ +37%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $557.70 ↑ +49%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $589.84 ↑ +58%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $608.40 ↑ +63%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $621.68 ↑ +67%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $645.41 ↑ +73%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $646.43 ↑ +73%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $672.08 ↑ +80%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $709.80 ↑ +90%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $760.50 ↑ +104%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $811.20 ↑ +117%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $831.48 ↑ +123%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $861.90 ↑ +131%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $912.60 ↑ +145%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $912.60 ↑ +145%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $1,990.26 ↑ +433%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $7,948.31 ↑ +2030%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $8,138.37 ↑ +2081%

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Ablation cryo thigh/knee at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $4,876.04 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $4,876.04 not published
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $259.33 $188.73 – $559.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $256.54 $188.73 – $552.21
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,334.27 $332.35 – $3,982.87
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $584.48 $202.65 – $810.60
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $366.68 $101.64 – $304.92
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $144.40 $38.00 – $571.06

All California hospitals for this procedure →