Drug screening tapentadol 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

$3.23

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.

$21.51

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.

$0.05 with AETNA-ALL PLANS vs $214.72 with BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS — 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
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $0.05 ↓ -98%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $2.66 ↓ -18%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $2.70 ↓ -16%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $2.78 ↓ -14%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $2.83 ↓ -12%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $2.87 ↓ -11%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $3.02 ↓ -7%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $3.18 ↓ -2%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $3.30 ↑ +2%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $3.82 ↑ +18%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $3.83 ↑ +19%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $3.90 ↑ +21%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $4.20 ↑ +30%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $4.50 ↑ +39%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $4.80 ↑ +49%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $4.92 ↑ +52%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $5.10 ↑ +58%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $5.40 ↑ +67%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $5.40 ↑ +67%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $6.00 ↑ +86%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $50.38 ↑ +1460%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $161.04 ↑ +4886%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $178.93 ↑ +5440%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $214.72 ↑ +6548%

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Drug screening tapentadol at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Vallejo Medical Center VALLEJO $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $48.88 $18.00 – $18.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $48.88 $18.00 – $18.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00

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