Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes 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

$24.75

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.

$165.00

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.

$55.41 with UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS vs $134.96 with UHC MCR ADV — 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
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $55.41 ↑ +124%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $56.25 ↑ +127%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $58.00 ↑ +134%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $58.88 ↑ +138%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $59.69 ↑ +141%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $62.83 ↑ +154%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $65.00 ↑ +163%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $68.75 ↑ +178%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $69.59 ↑ +181%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $71.51 ↑ +189%
BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV $71.51 ↑ +189%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $71.51 ↑ +189%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $71.51 ↑ +189%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $72.50 ↑ +193%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $76.64 ↑ +210%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $78.66 ↑ +218%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $79.56 ↑ +221%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $79.69 ↑ +222%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $81.25 ↑ +228%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $82.85 ↑ +235%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $85.81 ↑ +247%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $87.50 ↑ +254%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $92.05 ↑ +272%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $92.05 ↑ +272%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $93.75 ↑ +279%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $96.43 ↑ +290%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $99.82 ↑ +303%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $106.25 ↑ +329%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $112.50 ↑ +355%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $112.50 ↑ +355%
VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS $134.96 ↑ +445%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $134.96 ↑ +445%

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Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $133.87 $52.00 – $196.98
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