Cefazolin 10 mg/10 ml (dilution #2) IV desensitization - cnr 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

$20.22

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.

$134.82

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.

$1.25 with UMR UHC PPO vs $37.58 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
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $1.25 ↓ -94%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $1.83 ↓ -91%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $2.26 ↓ -89%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $2.26 ↓ -89%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $2.26 ↓ -89%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.26 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $6.03 ↓ -70%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $6.70 ↓ -67%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $8.04 ↓ -60%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $16.91 ↓ -16%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $17.44 ↓ -14%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $17.70 ↓ -12%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $20.67 ↑ +2%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $21.80 ↑ +8%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $22.55 ↑ +12%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $23.04 ↑ +14%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $26.31 ↑ +30%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $28.18 ↑ +39%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $30.06 ↑ +49%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $30.82 ↑ +52%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $31.94 ↑ +58%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $33.82 ↑ +67%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $33.82 ↑ +67%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $37.58 ↑ +86%

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Cefazolin 10 mg/10 ml (dilution #2) IV desensitization - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $1.27 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $1.66 – $3.62
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $54.79 $1.25 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $60.37 $1.27 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $22.64 $1.14 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.01 $1.27 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.35 $1.66 – $3.92
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $145.35 $1.67 – $4.68

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