Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka
2700 Dolbeer St, Eureka, CA · Providence · · NPI 1609858950
$322.32
Cash price 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.
$632.00
Gross charge 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.
$67.02 with Aetna vs $153.49 with Blue Cross — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $67.02 | ↓ -79% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $98.94 | ↓ -69% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $98.94 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $127.90 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $153.49 | ↓ -52% |
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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $67.46 | $41.58 – $236.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $27.96 | $10.69 – $85.77 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $172.38 | $70.23 – $98.94 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $259.80 | $59.71 – $230.03 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $73.01 | $19.92 – $75.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $237.95 | $38.20 – $270.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $58.99 | $37.00 – $256.55 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $58.36 | $37.00 – $256.55 |