Ultrasound prostate/transrectal 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

$659.10

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.

$4,394.00

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.

$5.12 with BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $2,825.10 with GALAXY NETWORK-ALL 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.

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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 MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $5.12 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $5.12 ↓ -99%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $35.74 ↓ -95%
BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD BH MCR ADV $35.74 ↓ -95%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $35.74 ↓ -95%
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $35.74 ↓ -95%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $39.31 ↓ -94%
CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA-ALL OTHER PLANS $41.36 ↓ -94%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $42.89 ↓ -93%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $42.89 ↓ -93%
BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN-ALL OTHER PLANS $46.85 ↓ -93%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $49.51 ↓ -92%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $52.90 ↓ -92%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $67.65 ↓ -90%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $78.10 ↓ -88%
VA MEDI-CAL VA MEDI-CAL $97.04 ↓ -85%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $120.70 ↓ -82%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $127.80 ↓ -81%
VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS VA MCR - ALL OTHER PLANS $138.89 ↓ -79%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $138.89 ↓ -79%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $150.91 ↓ -77%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $201.80 ↓ -69%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $201.80 ↓ -69%
UHC OPTIONS PPO UHC OPTIONS PPO $201.80 ↓ -69%
UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS UHC SELECT/SELECT PLUS $201.80 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $337.83 ↓ -49%
BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH BLUE SHIELD BEHAV HLTH $1,412.55 ↑ +114%
HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS HEALTHNET-ALL PLANS $1,924.52 ↑ +192%
UMR UHC PPO UMR UHC PPO $1,997.97 ↑ +203%
CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS CHOICECARE-ALL PLANS $2,197.30 ↑ +233%
BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS BEECH STREET-ALL PLANS $2,354.25 ↑ +257%
GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS GALAXY NETWORK-ALL PLANS $2,825.10 ↑ +329%

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Ultrasound prostate/transrectal at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Vallejo Medical Center VALLEJO $750.40 $156.00 – $156.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $730.15 $135.12 – $1,300.26
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $750.40 $156.00 – $156.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $750.40 $156.00 – $156.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $681.20 $98.00 – $98.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $681.20 $98.00 – $98.00
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $750.40 $156.00 – $156.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $750.40 $156.00 – $156.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →