Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx 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

$666.30

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.

$4,442.00

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.

$302.33 with UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS vs $682.00 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 $302.33 ↓ -55%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $306.90 ↓ -54%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $316.45 ↓ -53%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $321.22 ↓ -52%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $325.66 ↓ -51%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $342.77 ↓ -49%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $354.64 ↓ -47%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $375.10 ↓ -44%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $395.56 ↓ -41%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $409.20 ↓ -39%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $418.13 ↓ -37%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $434.09 ↓ -35%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $434.78 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $452.03 ↓ -32%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $477.40 ↓ -28%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $502.22 ↓ -25%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $502.22 ↓ -25%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $511.50 ↓ -23%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $545.60 ↓ -18%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $559.24 ↓ -16%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $579.70 ↓ -13%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $613.80 ↓ -8%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $613.80 ↓ -8%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $682.00 ↑ +2%

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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,797.95 $6.21 – $17.94
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $5,175.50 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $5,175.50 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,635.87 $243.54 – $576.18
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $5,175.50 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $11,757.56 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,555.40 $11.50 – $22.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $374.30 $33.89 – $128.38

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