Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$2,484.96
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.
$5,177.00
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.
$1,293.00 with Blue Shield 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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| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $1,293.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $1,599.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $1,778.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $1,805.60 | ↓ -27% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,001.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,124.23 | ↓ -15% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,158.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,225.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,506.56 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $3,363.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $3,929.83 | ↑ +58% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $5,995.00 | ↑ +141% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $13,012.00 | ↑ +424% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $15,614.00 | ↑ +528% |
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Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,011.78 | $276.41 – $3,763.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $943.78 | $323.12 – $1,168.85 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $765.70 | $224.72 – $1,723.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,293.04 | $224.72 – $2,044.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,843.97 | $224.72 – $1,723.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,186.83 | $224.72 – $1,623.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,174.04 | $224.72 – $1,623.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,782.05 | $1,727.00 – $9,858.00 |