MRA upper extremity post contrast-bil at Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka
2700 Dolbeer St, Eureka, CA · Providence · · NPI 1609858950
$463.08
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$908.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$500.06 with Unitedhealthcare vs $4,451.66 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $500.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $500.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $3,709.71 | ↑ +701% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $4,451.66 | ↑ +861% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
MRA upper extremity post contrast-bil at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $664.45 | $409.59 – $1,901.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $12,827.83 | $338.30 – $3,409.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,765.96 | $338.30 – $1,356.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,746.92 | $338.30 – $1,356.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $656.37 | $500.06 – $3,271.33 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,398.56 | $301.14 – $4,941.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,989.84 | $500.06 – $2,783.12 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,847.36 | $500.06 – $4,153.83 |