Unlisted laparoscopic procedure 49659 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

$93.81

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.

$625.40

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.

$82.75 with BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS vs $1,578.85 with AETNA-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 $82.75 ↓ -12%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS BLUE CROSS NON MCS $82.75 ↓ -12%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $155.00 ↑ +65%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $343.97 ↑ +267%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $437.78 ↑ +367%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $469.05 ↑ +400%
WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS-ALL PLANS $500.32 ↑ +433%
HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORK-ALL PLANS $531.59 ↑ +467%
THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS-ALL PLANS $562.86 ↑ +500%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $1,578.85 ↑ +1583%

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Unlisted laparoscopic procedure 49659 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,103.57 $428.67 – $1,623.86
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $707.52 $422.18 – $422.18
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $7,413.14 – $13,082.50
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK not published not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE not published not published
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY not published not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $5,734.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $7,413.14 – $7,413.14

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