Azithromycin dihydrate, oral 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

$0.32

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.

$2.11

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.

$0.94 with UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS vs $71.70 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
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $0.94 ↑ +194%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $0.95 ↑ +197%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $0.98 ↑ +206%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $0.99 ↑ +209%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $1.01 ↑ +216%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $1.06 ↑ +231%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $1.16 ↑ +263%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $1.22 ↑ +281%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $1.27 ↑ +297%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $1.29 ↑ +303%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $1.34 ↑ +319%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $1.35 ↑ +322%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $1.48 ↑ +363%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $1.58 ↑ +394%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $1.69 ↑ +428%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $1.73 ↑ +441%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $1.79 ↑ +459%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $1.90 ↑ +494%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $1.90 ↑ +494%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $2.11 ↑ +559%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $53.77 ↑ +16703%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $58.41 ↑ +18153%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $59.74 ↑ +18569%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $71.70 ↑ +22306%

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Azithromycin dihydrate, oral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Vallejo Medical Center VALLEJO $141.60 $17.00 – $17.00
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $141.60 $17.00 – $17.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $141.60 $17.00 – $17.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $141.60 $17.00 – $17.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $141.60 $17.00 – $17.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $131.49 $15.00 – $15.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $131.49 $15.00 – $15.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $141.60 $17.00 – $17.00

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