Biliary endoscopy thru skin at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$4,477.92
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.
$9,329.00
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.
$6,405.00 with Blue Shield 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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| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $6,405.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $7,077.45 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $7,919.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8,326.41 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $8,723.40 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $8,741.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $8,804.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $9,825.04 | ↑ +119% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $9,990.00 | ↑ +123% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $11,403.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $12,301.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $15,328.00 | ↑ +242% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $15,403.87 | ↑ +244% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $18,394.00 | ↑ +311% |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,514.99 | $0.80 – $5,153.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $8,573.76 | $7,077.45 – $10,791.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $6,221.28 | $7,077.45 – $12,633.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $341.57 – $8,890.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2,937.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $277.70 – $7,928.23 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $277.70 – $277.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $277.70 – $7,928.23 |