Nm imaging gastrointestinal acute blood loss 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

$2,549.49

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.

$4,999.00

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.

$514.17 with Aetna vs $1,957.98 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.

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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 $514.17 ↓ -80%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $589.01 ↓ -77%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $589.01 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $1,631.65 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $1,957.98 ↓ -23%

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Nm imaging gastrointestinal acute blood loss at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,439.27 $281.68 – $2,563.08
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,264.84 $80.37 – $1,828.45
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,518.12 $186.19 – $3,022.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,669.66 $186.19 – $3,929.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,208.93 $186.19 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,078.50 $186.19 – $2,325.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,066.87 $186.19 – $2,296.53
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,904.34 $567.62 – $1,438.84

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