Cad breast MRI w/r&i 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

$126.48

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.

$248.00

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.

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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Cad breast MRI w/r&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $472.09 $526.00 – $2,096.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $490.85 $190.67 – $722.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $344.96 $52.38 – $2,111.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $234.60 $3.90 – $3.90
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $301.65 $215.46 – $4,941.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $107.10 $3.98 – $3.98
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $99.84 not published
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $42.02 $12.96 – $52.92

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