Calcium chloride 100 mg/ml (10 %) intravenous syringe 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

$31.30

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.

$208.67

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.

$0.07 with AETNA-ALL PLANS vs $114.73 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
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $0.07 ↓ -100%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $0.08 ↓ -100%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $0.08 ↓ -100%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $0.08 ↓ -100%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $0.08 ↓ -100%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $51.63 ↑ +65%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $53.24 ↑ +70%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $54.04 ↑ +73%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $63.10 ↑ +102%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $66.55 ↑ +113%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $68.84 ↑ +120%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $70.34 ↑ +125%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $73.03 ↑ +133%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $76.05 ↑ +143%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $80.31 ↑ +157%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $84.49 ↑ +170%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $84.49 ↑ +170%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $86.05 ↑ +175%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $91.79 ↑ +193%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $94.08 ↑ +201%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $97.52 ↑ +212%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $103.26 ↑ +230%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $103.26 ↑ +230%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $114.73 ↑ +267%

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Calcium chloride 100 mg/ml (10 %) intravenous syringe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Vallejo Medical Center VALLEJO $48.99 not published
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $48.99 not published
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $48.99 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $48.99 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $48.99 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $45.49 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $45.49 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $48.99 not published

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