Apheresis platelets at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$7,658.88
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.
$15,956.00
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.
$482.31 with Providence vs $15,614.00 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 | $482.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $567.42 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $594.48 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $669.55 | ↓ -91% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,049.73 | ↓ -86% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,266.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,358.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $1,999.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $4,035.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $4,188.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $5,178.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $5,757.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $13,012.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $15,614.00 | ↑ +104% |
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Apheresis platelets at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $860.88 | $626.41 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $934.08 | $482.31 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,040.97 | $321.12 – $1,311.24 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,396.12 | $343.91 – $5,004.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,244.90 | $567.42 – $4,776.00 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $2,427.52 | $122.27 – $5,468.58 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $11,498.90 | $567.42 – $4,751.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $7,622.88 | $482.31 – $4,971.00 |