Antibody screen rbc 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

$43.20

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.

$288.00

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.

$3.73 with VA MEDI-CAL vs $124.74 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
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $3.73 ↓ -91%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $9.77 ↓ -77%
BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV $9.77 ↓ -77%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $9.77 ↓ -77%
VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS $9.77 ↓ -77%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $9.77 ↓ -77%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $9.77 ↓ -77%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $10.55 ↓ -76%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $17.59 ↓ -59%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $47.88 ↑ +11%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $48.60 ↑ +13%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $50.11 ↑ +16%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $50.87 ↑ +18%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $51.57 ↑ +19%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $54.28 ↑ +26%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $57.24 ↑ +33%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $59.40 ↑ +38%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $68.74 ↑ +59%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $68.85 ↑ +59%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $70.20 ↑ +63%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $75.60 ↑ +75%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $81.00 ↑ +88%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $86.36 ↑ +100%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $86.40 ↑ +100%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $88.56 ↑ +105%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $91.80 ↑ +113%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $93.56 ↑ +117%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $97.20 ↑ +125%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $97.20 ↑ +125%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $103.95 ↑ +141%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $124.74 ↑ +189%

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