Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous 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

$18.58

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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.

$123.84

Gross charge

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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.

$54.55 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE vs $515.92 with UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS — same scan, same building. Share

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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
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $54.55 ↑ +194%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $55.73 ↑ +200%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $57.46 ↑ +209%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $58.33 ↑ +214%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $60.61 ↑ +226%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $68.11 ↑ +267%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $71.83 ↑ +287%
BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $72.74 ↑ +291%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $74.30 ↑ +300%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $75.93 ↑ +309%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $86.69 ↑ +367%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $92.88 ↑ +400%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $97.68 ↑ +426%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $99.07 ↑ +433%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $101.55 ↑ +447%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $105.26 ↑ +467%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $111.46 ↑ +500%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $111.46 ↑ +500%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $123.84 ↑ +567%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $269.43 ↑ +1350%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $515.92 ↑ +2677%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $515.92 ↑ +2677%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $515.92 ↑ +2677%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $515.92 ↑ +2677%

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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Vallejo Medical Center VALLEJO $424.32 $67.00 – $67.00
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $424.32 $67.00 – $67.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $111.69 $35.02 – $198.90
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $424.32 $67.00 – $67.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $424.32 $67.00 – $67.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $424.32 $67.00 – $67.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $394.01 $60.00 – $60.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $394.01 $60.00 – $60.00

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