Clip ligating vesolock lg 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

$253.35

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.

$1,689.00

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.

$510.92 with HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS vs $1,411.00 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
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $510.92 ↑ +102%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $625.50 ↑ +147%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $634.95 ↑ +151%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $654.70 ↑ +158%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $664.58 ↑ +162%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $673.75 ↑ +166%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $709.17 ↑ +180%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $733.72 ↑ +190%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $818.38 ↑ +223%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $846.60 ↑ +234%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $846.60 ↑ +234%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $898.10 ↑ +254%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $899.51 ↑ +255%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $935.21 ↑ +269%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $987.70 ↑ +290%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $1,039.06 ↑ +310%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,039.06 ↑ +310%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $1,058.25 ↑ +318%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,128.80 ↑ +346%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,157.02 ↑ +357%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $1,199.35 ↑ +373%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $1,269.90 ↑ +401%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $1,269.90 ↑ +401%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $1,411.00 ↑ +457%

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Clip ligating vesolock lg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $977.62 $143.04 – $464.88
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $14,898.00 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $14,898.00 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13,295.73 $128.33 – $303.61
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $14,898.00 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6,434.67 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,103.20 $36.34 – $154.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,926.29 $30.02 – $154.84

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