Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at ST HELENA HOSPITAL
10 Woodland Rd Saint Helena CA 94574|525 Oregon St, Vallejo, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1720078082
$13.66
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.
$91.05
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.
$0.63 with TRICARE BLUE SHIELD vs $17.63 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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| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $0.63 | ↓ -95% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | $0.63 | ↓ -95% |
| BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV | $0.63 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $0.63 | ↓ -95% |
| VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS | VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS | $0.63 | ↓ -95% |
| KAISER MCR ADV | KAISER MCR ADV | $0.63 | ↓ -95% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $1.13 | ↓ -92% |
| UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS | $7.82 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH | $7.93 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $8.18 | ↓ -40% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS | $8.31 | ↓ -39% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $8.42 | ↓ -38% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $8.86 | ↓ -35% |
| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $9.17 | ↓ -33% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $9.70 | ↓ -29% |
| WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS | $10.23 | ↓ -25% |
| INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS | $10.58 | ↓ -23% |
| HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS | $10.81 | ↓ -21% |
| UMR UHC PPO | UMR UHC PPO | $11.22 | ↓ -18% |
| UHC OPTIONS PPO | UHC OPTIONS PPO | $11.24 | ↓ -18% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $11.69 | ↓ -14% |
| CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS | $12.34 | ↓ -10% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $12.98 | ↓ -5% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $12.98 | ↓ -5% |
| BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS | $13.22 | ↓ -3% |
| CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | $14.11 | ↑ +3% |
| KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $14.46 | ↑ +6% |
| HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $14.99 | ↑ +10% |
| THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS | $15.87 | ↑ +16% |
| GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS | $15.87 | ↑ +16% |
| VA MEDI-CAL | VA MEDI-CAL | $17.63 | ↑ +29% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Sterile water/saline, 10 ml at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $7.91 | $0.63 – $4.52 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $7.96 | $0.63 – $5.85 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $10.04 | $0.57 – $9.38 |
| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $2.88 | $0.63 – $6.50 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO | Delano | $5.98 | $0.57 – $8.53 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $13.93 | $5.98 – $17.95 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL | Clearlake | $20.70 | $4.81 – $7.93 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $15.00 | $7.96 – $7.96 |