Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at ST HELENA HOSPITAL
10 Woodland Rd Saint Helena CA 94574|525 Oregon St, Vallejo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1720078082
$2.66
Cash price 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.
$17.76
Gross charge 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.
$0.31 with AETNA-ALL PLANS vs $17.76 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $0.31 | ↓ -88% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $0.38 | ↓ -86% |
| UMR UHC PPO | UMR UHC PPO | $0.38 | ↓ -86% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $0.38 | ↓ -86% |
| UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | $0.38 | ↓ -86% |
| UHC OPTIONS PPO | UHC OPTIONS PPO | $0.38 | ↓ -86% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $0.86 | ↓ -68% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $0.96 | ↓ -64% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1.15 | ↓ -57% |
| BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | $7.99 | ↑ +200% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $8.24 | ↑ +210% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | $8.37 | ↑ +215% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $9.77 | ↑ +267% |
| WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | $10.30 | ↑ +287% |
| INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $10.66 | ↑ +301% |
| HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | $10.89 | ↑ +309% |
| CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | $12.43 | ↑ +367% |
| BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | $13.32 | ↑ +401% |
| CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | $14.21 | ↑ +434% |
| KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $14.56 | ↑ +447% |
| HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $15.10 | ↑ +468% |
| THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | $15.98 | ↑ +501% |
| GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $15.98 | ↑ +501% |
| VA MEDI-CAL | VA MEDI-CAL | $17.76 | ↑ +568% |
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Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6.57 | $0.37 – $11.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5.61 | $0.49 – $0.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9.42 | $0.38 – $21.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5.39 | $2.10 – $7.93 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8.63 | $0.37 – $21.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3.34 | $0.20 – $3.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3.31 | $0.40 – $3.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $12.41 | $0.49 – $0.56 |