Mycobacteria dna dir probe at Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka
2700 Dolbeer St, Eureka, CA · Providence · · NPI 1609858950
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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.
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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.
$20.05 with Aetna vs $272.38 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 | $20.05 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $40.10 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $40.10 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $226.98 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $272.38 | — |
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Mycobacteria dna dir probe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $42.80 | $20.05 – $83.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $39.20 | $20.05 – $98.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $117.72 | $20.05 – $211.68 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $61.65 | $17.83 – $186.75 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $49.05 | $17.83 – $180.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $87.53 | $17.83 – $184.50 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $61.65 | $17.83 – $225.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $64.80 | $17.83 – $186.75 |