Prednisolone sodium phosphate 15 mg/5 ml (3 mg/ml) oral solution 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

$8.91

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.

$59.40

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.

$0.69 with UMR UHC PPO vs $16.24 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
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $0.69 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $1.00 ↓ -89%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $1.12 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $1.34 ↓ -85%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $2.02 ↓ -77%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.51 ↓ -72%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $2.51 ↓ -72%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $2.51 ↓ -72%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $2.51 ↓ -72%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $7.31 ↓ -18%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $7.54 ↓ -15%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $7.65 ↓ -14%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $8.93 ↑ +0%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $9.42 ↑ +6%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $9.74 ↑ +9%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $9.96 ↑ +12%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $11.37 ↑ +28%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $12.18 ↑ +37%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $12.99 ↑ +46%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $13.32 ↑ +49%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $13.80 ↑ +55%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $14.62 ↑ +64%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $14.62 ↑ +64%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $16.24 ↑ +82%

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Prednisolone sodium phosphate 15 mg/5 ml (3 mg/ml) oral solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9.13 $0.41 – $15.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $7.24 $0.60 – $1.03
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $30.82 $0.41 – $8.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $13.35 $3.06 – $11.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $28.23 $0.41 – $29.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $15.22 $0.41 – $3.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12.12 $0.41 – $3.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7.24 $0.65 – $1.03

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