Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at ST HELENA HOSPITAL
10 Woodland Rd Saint Helena CA 94574|525 Oregon St, Vallejo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1720078082
$12.92
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.
$86.15
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.
$6.37 with UMR UHC PPO vs $86.15 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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| UMR UHC PPO | UMR UHC PPO | $6.37 | ↓ -51% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $6.47 | ↓ -50% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $8.00 | ↓ -38% |
| UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | $8.00 | ↓ -38% |
| UHC OPTIONS PPO | UHC OPTIONS PPO | $8.00 | ↓ -38% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $8.00 | ↓ -38% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $22.11 | ↑ +71% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $24.56 | ↑ +90% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $29.48 | ↑ +128% |
| BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | $38.77 | ↑ +200% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $39.97 | ↑ +209% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | $40.58 | ↑ +214% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $47.38 | ↑ +267% |
| WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | $49.97 | ↑ +287% |
| INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $51.69 | ↑ +300% |
| HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | $52.82 | ↑ +309% |
| CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | $60.30 | ↑ +367% |
| BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | $64.61 | ↑ +400% |
| CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | $68.92 | ↑ +433% |
| KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $70.64 | ↑ +447% |
| HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $73.22 | ↑ +467% |
| THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | $77.53 | ↑ +500% |
| GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $77.53 | ↑ +500% |
| VA MEDI-CAL | VA MEDI-CAL | $86.15 | ↑ +567% |
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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Vallejo Medical Center | VALLEJO | not published | $3.04 – $3.04 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $5.51 – $53.71 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $65.33 | $7.28 – $13.28 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $23.12 | $5.51 – $52.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21.17 | $3.64 – $52.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $3.34 – $43.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.82 | $4.75 – $42.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $65.33 | $7.28 – $14.38 |