Exchange drainage catheter 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

$1,201.80

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.

$8,012.00

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.

$63.70 with BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV vs $7,210.80 with GALAXY NETWORK-ALL 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
BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV $63.70 ↓ -95%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $63.70 ↓ -95%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $63.70 ↓ -95%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $63.70 ↓ -95%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $68.50 ↓ -94%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $68.50 ↓ -94%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $70.07 ↓ -94%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $76.44 ↓ -94%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $76.44 ↓ -94%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $87.71 ↓ -93%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $91.09 ↓ -92%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $91.30 ↓ -92%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $93.38 ↓ -92%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $93.38 ↓ -92%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $93.38 ↓ -92%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $93.38 ↓ -92%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $110.41 ↓ -91%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $141.10 ↓ -88%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $149.40 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $167.59 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $167.59 ↓ -86%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,118.22 ↓ -7%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $1,181.72 ↓ -2%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $2,549.20 ↑ +112%
VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,549.20 ↑ +112%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $3,605.40 ↑ +200%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $3,919.00 ↑ +226%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $4,000.00 ↑ +233%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $4,145.00 ↑ +245%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $5,099.64 ↑ +324%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $5,608.40 ↑ +367%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $7,210.80 ↑ +500%

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Exchange drainage catheter at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Vallejo Medical Center VALLEJO $3,068.80 not published
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $3,068.80 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,196.62 $96.69 – $4,371.40
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $3,068.80 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $3,068.80 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $3,068.80 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $2,594.80 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $2,594.80 not published

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