Heavy metal qual any number 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

$2.06

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.

$13.70

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.

$2.09 with HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS vs $184.70 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
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $2.09 ↑ +1%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $4.43 ↑ +115%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $4.50 ↑ +118%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $4.64 ↑ +125%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $4.71 ↑ +129%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $4.78 ↑ +132%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $5.03 ↑ +144%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $5.30 ↑ +157%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $5.50 ↑ +167%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $6.37 ↑ +209%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $6.38 ↑ +210%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $6.50 ↑ +216%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $7.00 ↑ +240%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $7.50 ↑ +264%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $8.00 ↑ +288%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $8.20 ↑ +298%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $8.50 ↑ +313%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $9.00 ↑ +337%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $9.00 ↑ +337%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $10.00 ↑ +385%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $20.94 ↑ +917%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $20.94 ↑ +917%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $20.94 ↑ +917%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $20.94 ↑ +917%
VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS $20.94 ↑ +917%
BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV $20.94 ↑ +917%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $37.69 ↑ +1730%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $110.33 ↑ +5256%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $138.53 ↑ +6625%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $153.92 ↑ +7372%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $184.70 ↑ +8866%

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Vallejo Medical Center VALLEJO $68.88 $19.00 – $19.00
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Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $152.36 $15.00 – $15.00
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