Appendectomy add-on 44955 at ST HELENA HOSPITAL
10 Woodland Rd Saint Helena CA 94574|525 Oregon St, Vallejo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1720078082
$45.45
Cash price 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.
$303.00
Gross charge 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.
$26.95 with PHCS-ALL PLANS vs $184.35 with BLUE CROSS NON MCS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $26.95 | ↓ -41% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $35.00 | ↓ -23% |
| HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $41.65 | ↓ -8% |
| THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | $44.10 | ↓ -3% |
| BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV | $76.18 | ↑ +68% |
| KAISER MCR ADV | KAISER MCR ADV | $76.18 | ↑ +68% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | $76.18 | ↑ +68% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $76.18 | ↑ +68% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $83.80 | ↑ +84% |
| INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $91.42 | ↑ +101% |
| KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $91.42 | ↑ +101% |
| CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | $100.67 | ↑ +121% |
| WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | $108.94 | ↑ +140% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $110.70 | ↑ +144% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $110.70 | ↑ +144% |
| UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | $110.70 | ↑ +144% |
| UHC OPTIONS PPO | UHC OPTIONS PPO | $110.70 | ↑ +144% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $115.86 | ↑ +155% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | $134.70 | ↑ +196% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $142.35 | ↑ +213% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $184.35 | ↑ +306% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $184.35 | ↑ +306% |
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Appendectomy add-on 44955 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $147.86 | $57.44 – $217.56 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $52.06 | $2.43 – $156.48 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $52.06 | $35.00 – $156.48 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $41.10 | $44.00 – $163.11 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $180.84 | $71.34 – $135.11 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $82.20 | $44.00 – $157.26 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $46.58 | $35.00 – $157.26 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $73.98 | $44.00 – $163.11 |