Removal biliary drg cath at Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka
2700 Dolbeer St, Eureka, CA · Providence · · NPI 1609858950
$1,215.33
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.
$2,383.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1,166.53 with Aetna vs $21,319.00 with Aetna — 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 | $1,166.53 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $5,835.00 | ↑ +380% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $6,127.00 | ↑ +404% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $7,327.00 | ↑ +503% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $8,018.00 | ↑ +560% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,197.00 | ↑ +574% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $9,622.00 | ↑ +692% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $21,319.00 | ↑ +1654% |
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Removal biliary drg cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $676.71 | $417.15 – $2,072.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,432.99 | $339.17 – $5,780.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,190.49 | $339.17 – $5,780.04 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $963.12 | $339.17 – $1,515.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $952.74 | $339.17 – $1,496.26 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,199.12 | $339.17 – $3,141.60 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,675.97 | $1,262.04 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,065.44 | $991.55 – $5,171.00 |