Amitriptyline (elavil) -sendout 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

$4.32

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.

$28.81

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.

$0.05 with AETNA-ALL PLANS vs $189.91 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
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $0.05 ↓ -99%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $4.34 ↑ +0%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $4.40 ↑ +2%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $4.54 ↑ +5%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $4.61 ↑ +7%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $4.67 ↑ +8%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $4.92 ↑ +14%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $5.18 ↑ +20%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $5.38 ↑ +25%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $6.23 ↑ +44%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $6.23 ↑ +44%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $6.36 ↑ +47%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $6.85 ↑ +59%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $7.34 ↑ +70%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $7.82 ↑ +81%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $8.02 ↑ +86%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $8.31 ↑ +92%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $8.80 ↑ +104%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $8.80 ↑ +104%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $9.78 ↑ +126%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $82.12 ↑ +1801%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $142.43 ↑ +3197%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $158.26 ↑ +3563%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $189.91 ↑ +4296%

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Amitriptyline (elavil) -sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Vallejo Medical Center VALLEJO $84.56 $29.00 – $29.00
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $84.56 $29.00 – $29.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $84.56 $29.00 – $29.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $84.56 $29.00 – $29.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $84.56 $29.00 – $29.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $260.00 $18.00 – $18.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $260.00 $18.00 – $18.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $84.56 $29.00 – $29.00

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