Amino acids quant 2-5 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

$2.35

Cash price

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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.

$15.69

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.

$3.08 with HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS vs $193.96 with BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER 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
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $3.08 ↑ +31%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $6.96 ↑ +196%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $7.06 ↑ +200%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $7.28 ↑ +210%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $7.39 ↑ +214%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $7.49 ↑ +219%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $7.89 ↑ +236%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $8.32 ↑ +254%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $8.63 ↑ +267%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $9.99 ↑ +325%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $10.00 ↑ +326%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $10.20 ↑ +334%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $10.98 ↑ +367%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $11.77 ↑ +401%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $12.55 ↑ +434%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $12.87 ↑ +448%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $13.34 ↑ +468%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $14.12 ↑ +501%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $14.12 ↑ +501%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $15.69 ↑ +568%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $19.61 ↑ +734%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $19.61 ↑ +734%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $19.61 ↑ +734%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $19.61 ↑ +734%
VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS $19.61 ↑ +734%
BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV $19.61 ↑ +734%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $35.30 ↑ +1402%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $98.79 ↑ +4104%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $145.47 ↑ +6090%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $161.63 ↑ +6778%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $193.96 ↑ +8154%

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Amino acids quant 2-5 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Vallejo Medical Center VALLEJO $55.44 $18.00 – $18.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $55.44 $18.00 – $18.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $55.44 $18.00 – $18.00
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $55.44 $18.00 – $18.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $55.44 $18.00 – $18.00
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $55.44 $18.00 – $18.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $63.61 $19.61 – $89.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $58.26 $19.61 – $89.26

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