Lead ingevity 45cm pfret MRI 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

$759.30

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.

$5,062.00

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.

$645.99 with HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS vs $1,784.00 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
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $645.99 ↓ -15%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $790.85 ↑ +4%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $802.80 ↑ +6%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $827.78 ↑ +9%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $840.26 ↑ +11%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $851.86 ↑ +12%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $896.64 ↑ +18%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $927.68 ↑ +22%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $1,034.72 ↑ +36%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,039.50 ↑ +37%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $1,070.40 ↑ +41%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $1,070.40 ↑ +41%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $1,135.52 ↑ +50%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $1,137.30 ↑ +50%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $1,182.44 ↑ +56%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $1,248.80 ↑ +64%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,313.74 ↑ +73%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $1,313.74 ↑ +73%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $1,338.00 ↑ +76%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $1,427.20 ↑ +88%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $1,516.40 ↑ +100%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $1,605.60 ↑ +111%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $1,605.60 ↑ +111%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $1,784.00 ↑ +135%

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Lead ingevity 45cm pfret MRI at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,638.47 $242.40 – $787.80
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $4,472.00 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $4,472.00 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $18,613.05 $1,104.95 – $2,614.15
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $4,472.00 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6,701.70 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,817.85 $232.99 – $992.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7,160.28 $192.47 – $992.74

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