Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$16.62

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.

$110.79

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.

$0.72 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE vs $110.79 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
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $0.72 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $0.80 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $0.96 ↓ -94%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $1.27 ↓ -92%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $1.76 ↓ -89%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $2.18 ↓ -87%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $2.18 ↓ -87%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $2.18 ↓ -87%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.18 ↓ -87%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $49.86 ↑ +200%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $51.41 ↑ +209%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $52.18 ↑ +214%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $60.93 ↑ +267%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $64.26 ↑ +287%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $66.47 ↑ +300%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $67.93 ↑ +309%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $77.55 ↑ +367%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $83.09 ↑ +400%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $88.63 ↑ +433%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $90.85 ↑ +447%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $94.17 ↑ +467%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $99.71 ↑ +500%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $99.71 ↑ +500%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $110.79 ↑ +567%

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Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Vallejo Medical Center VALLEJO $55.16 $0.65 – $0.65
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $55.16 $0.65 – $0.65
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $0.46 – $52.26
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $55.16 $0.65 – $0.65
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $55.16 $0.65 – $0.65
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $55.16 $0.65 – $0.65
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $51.22 $0.65 – $0.65
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $51.22 $0.65 – $0.65

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