Anal/urinary muscle study at Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka

2700 Dolbeer St, Eureka, CA · Providence · · NPI 1609858950

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

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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.

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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.

$321.35 with Aetna vs $21,319.00 with Aetna — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $321.35
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $1,333.00
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,699.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,019.00
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $5,835.00
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $8,018.00
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $9,622.00
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $21,319.00

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Anal/urinary muscle study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $374.06 $89.33 – $597.80
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $444.24 $123.46 – $559.58
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $290.98 $72.63 – $559.35
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $211.56 $72.63 – $572.45
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $312.02 $72.63 – $798.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $393.81 $113.48 – $966.40
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $435.52 $144.34 – $841.82
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $235.44 $72.63 – $602.59

All California hospitals for this procedure →