Inj secretin synthetic human 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.

$36.42 with Blue Cross vs $91.53 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $36.42
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $36.42
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $40.23
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $91.53
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $91.53

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Inj secretin synthetic human at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $620.21 $39.38 – $1,115.24
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $356.20 $35.44 – $1,079.00
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $741.75 $37.27 – $1,433.74
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $1,091.50 $37.27 – $1,831.62
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $2,058.00 $40.23 – $91.53
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $28.21 – $91.53
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $30.53 – $91.53
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $40.23 – $71.92

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