Smear gram stain at ST HELENA HOSPITAL
10 Woodland Rd Saint Helena CA 94574|525 Oregon St, Vallejo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1720078082
$47.55
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.
$317.00
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.
$0.15 with HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS vs $49.31 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.
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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| HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | $0.15 | ↓ -100% |
| UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | $1.53 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | $1.56 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $1.61 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | $1.63 | ↓ -97% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $1.65 | ↓ -97% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $1.74 | ↓ -96% |
| WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | $1.83 | ↓ -96% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $1.90 | ↓ -96% |
| UMR UHC PPO | UMR UHC PPO | $2.20 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC OPTIONS PPO | UHC OPTIONS PPO | $2.21 | ↓ -95% |
| INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $2.25 | ↓ -95% |
| CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | $2.42 | ↓ -95% |
| BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | $2.60 | ↓ -95% |
| CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | $2.77 | ↓ -94% |
| KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $2.84 | ↓ -94% |
| HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $2.94 | ↓ -94% |
| THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | $3.11 | ↓ -93% |
| GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $3.11 | ↓ -93% |
| VA MEDI-CAL | VA MEDI-CAL | $3.46 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | $4.27 | ↓ -91% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $4.27 | ↓ -91% |
| KAISER MCR ADV | KAISER MCR ADV | $4.27 | ↓ -91% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $4.27 | ↓ -91% |
| VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS | VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.27 | ↓ -91% |
| BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV | $4.27 | ↓ -91% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $7.69 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $25.03 | ↓ -47% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $36.98 | ↓ -22% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $41.09 | ↓ -14% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $49.31 | ↑ +4% |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Vallejo Medical Center | VALLEJO | $86.80 | $3.00 – $3.00 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $86.80 | $3.00 – $3.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $90.67 | $4.27 – $13.33 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $86.80 | $3.00 – $3.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $86.80 | $3.00 – $3.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $86.80 | $3.00 – $3.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $67.08 | $3.00 – $3.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $67.08 | $3.00 – $3.00 |