Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device 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

$2,530.65

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.

$16,871.00

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.

$63.84 with UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS vs $144.00 with VA MEDI-CAL — 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 $63.84 ↓ -97%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $64.80 ↓ -97%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $66.82 ↓ -97%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $67.82 ↓ -97%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $68.76 ↓ -97%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $72.37 ↓ -97%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $74.88 ↓ -97%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $79.20 ↓ -97%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $83.52 ↓ -97%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $86.40 ↓ -97%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $88.29 ↓ -97%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $91.66 ↓ -96%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $91.80 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $95.44 ↓ -96%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $100.80 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $106.04 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $106.04 ↓ -96%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $108.00 ↓ -96%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $115.20 ↓ -95%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $118.08 ↓ -95%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $122.40 ↓ -95%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $129.60 ↓ -95%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $129.60 ↓ -95%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $144.00 ↓ -94%

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Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,686.67 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,686.67 not published
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $1,686.67 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,934.30 not published
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,934.30 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,757.06 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,313.98 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,757.06 not published

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