Insert sq defib electrode 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.

$10,643.53 with Aetna vs $46,622.00 with Healthnet — 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 $10,643.53
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $11,046.00
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $13,255.00
Blue Shield Hmo/Pos/Ppo $23,444.00
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $31,625.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $35,376.00
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $37,308.00
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $46,622.00

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Insert sq defib electrode at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,502.11 $648.86 – $20,488.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,374.49 $428.89 – $6,470.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,926.96 $428.89 – $11,741.96
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $12,772.00 $428.89 – $24,552.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,462.25 $4,589.00 – $19,690.54
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $13,318.59 $386.00 – $21,694.19
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $3,593.45 $4,589.00 – $19,690.54
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $2,391.75 $428.89 – $10,911.25

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