Cardioassist internal 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

$18,426.00

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.

$122,840.00

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.

$163.52 with BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV vs $110,556.00 with GALAXY NETWORK-ALL 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
BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV $163.52 ↓ -99%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $163.52 ↓ -99%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $163.52 ↓ -99%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $163.52 ↓ -99%
VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS $163.52 ↓ -99%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $163.52 ↓ -99%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $270.37 ↓ -99%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $294.34 ↓ -98%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $3,919.00 ↓ -79%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $4,145.00 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $4,413.00 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $5,298.00 ↓ -71%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $5,450.00 ↓ -70%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $11,033.00 ↓ -40%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $11,951.00 ↓ -35%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $12,242.00 ↓ -34%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $12,256.00 ↓ -33%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $54,454.97 ↑ +196%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $58,656.10 ↑ +218%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $61,739.38 ↑ +235%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $63,876.80 ↑ +247%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $67,562.00 ↑ +267%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $78,187.66 ↑ +324%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $78,310.50 ↑ +325%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $85,988.00 ↑ +367%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $92,130.00 ↑ +400%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $98,272.00 ↑ +433%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $100,728.80 ↑ +447%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $104,414.00 ↑ +467%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $110,556.00 ↑ +500%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $110,556.00 ↑ +500%

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Cardioassist internal at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,400.85 $216.30 – $2,801.70
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $1,522.01 $154.28 – $17,592.65
SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES Simi Valley $289.92 $159.76 – $3,450.00
WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER MONTEBELLO $384.48 $85.22 – $3,389.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $6,619.00 – $6,619.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $6,200.00 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $8,018.00 – $10,413.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $8,222.00 – $8,222.00

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