Adj tis trans/see area/10.1-30sqcm 14041 at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$3,091.20
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.
$6,440.00
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.
$2,255.66 with Providence vs $18,394.00 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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| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $2,255.66 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,653.72 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,780.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $3,131.35 | ↑ +1% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $3,465.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,746.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $4,909.39 | ↑ +59% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $5,995.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $6,405.00 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $7,919.00 | ↑ +156% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $8,741.00 | ↑ +183% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $8,804.00 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $15,328.00 | ↑ +396% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $18,394.00 | ↑ +495% |
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Adj tis trans/see area/10.1-30sqcm 14041 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,513.90 | $2,780.50 – $4,657.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,009.66 | $392.19 – $1,485.68 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,803.07 | $2,929.57 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,397.11 | $2,653.72 – $9,858.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,760.52 | $2,779.95 – $5,330.31 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,200.65 | $9,031.00 – $36,398.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,760.74 | $2,870.98 – $5,318.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,692.80 | $2,255.66 – $7,908.00 |