Aquaporin-4 antibody cba each at St Jude Medical Center

101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

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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.

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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.

$10.24 with Providence vs $70.19 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.

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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
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $10.24
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $12.05
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $16.59
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $19.25
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $22.29
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $24.10
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $24.10
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $41.97
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $50.36
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $70.19

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Aquaporin-4 antibody cba each at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $87.60 $20.25 – $58.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $191.10 $2.41 – $169.75
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $85.60 $40.95 – $80.27
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $66.60 $19.41 – $73.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $78.40 $22.12 – $80.27
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $74.20 $32.14 – $51.43
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $73.40 $32.14 – $63.64
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $114.20 $6.43 – $51.43

All California hospitals for this procedure →