Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at ST HELENA HOSPITAL
10 Woodland Rd Saint Helena CA 94574|525 Oregon St, Vallejo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1720078082
$22.80
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.
$152.00
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.
$7.53 with TRICARE BLUE SHIELD vs $152.00 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.
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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| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $7.53 | ↓ -67% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | $7.53 | ↓ -67% |
| VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS | VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS | $7.53 | ↓ -67% |
| KAISER MCR ADV | KAISER MCR ADV | $7.53 | ↓ -67% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $7.53 | ↓ -67% |
| BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV | $7.53 | ↓ -67% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $13.55 | ↓ -41% |
| UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | $67.38 | ↑ +196% |
| BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | $68.40 | ↑ +200% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $70.53 | ↑ +209% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | $71.59 | ↑ +214% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $72.58 | ↑ +218% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $76.40 | ↑ +235% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $79.04 | ↑ +247% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $83.60 | ↑ +267% |
| WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | $88.16 | ↑ +287% |
| HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | $93.19 | ↑ +309% |
| UMR UHC PPO | UMR UHC PPO | $96.75 | ↑ +324% |
| UHC OPTIONS PPO | UHC OPTIONS PPO | $96.90 | ↑ +325% |
| INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $98.80 | ↑ +333% |
| CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | $106.40 | ↑ +367% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $113.50 | ↑ +398% |
| BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | $114.00 | ↑ +400% |
| CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | $121.60 | ↑ +433% |
| KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $124.64 | ↑ +447% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $126.12 | ↑ +453% |
| HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $129.20 | ↑ +467% |
| THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | $136.80 | ↑ +500% |
| GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $136.80 | ↑ +500% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $151.34 | ↑ +564% |
| VA MEDI-CAL | VA MEDI-CAL | $152.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $58.70 | $11.39 – $104.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $64.20 | $75.00 – $147.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $58.80 | $40.50 – $147.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $26.50 – $42.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.82 | $26.50 – $52.47 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $54.57 | $135.15 – $135.15 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $13.82 | $9.87 – $39.48 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $43.68 | $179.99 – $179.99 |