Ol dig e/m svc 5-10 min 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

$4.20

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.

$28.00

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.

$11.86 with KAISER MCR ADV vs $30.08 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
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $11.86 ↑ +182%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $11.86 ↑ +182%
BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV $11.86 ↑ +182%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $11.86 ↑ +182%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $13.05 ↑ +211%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $14.23 ↑ +239%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $14.23 ↑ +239%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $15.40 ↑ +267%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $15.89 ↑ +278%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $16.85 ↑ +301%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $16.85 ↑ +301%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $16.85 ↑ +301%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $16.85 ↑ +301%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $16.96 ↑ +304%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $21.55 ↑ +413%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $23.80 ↑ +467%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $24.84 ↑ +491%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $25.20 ↑ +500%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $26.25 ↑ +525%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $28.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $30.08 ↑ +616%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $30.08 ↑ +616%

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Ol dig e/m svc 5-10 min at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $7.03 $0.37 – $62.00
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $5.89 $11.05 – $52.08
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $4.65 $11.11 – $43.71
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $24.42 $11.05 – $44.95
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $15.30 $11.05 – $31.00
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $2.59 $11.05 – $37.20
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $6.29 $11.05 – $46.50
ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi $9.99 $11.11 – $523.31

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