Bone marrow interpretation at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$532.80
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.
$1,110.00
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.
$298.81 with Aetna vs $1,917.04 with Healthnet — 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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| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $298.81 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $488.26 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $585.91 | ↑ +10% |
| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $880.80 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,036.24 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,085.64 | ↑ +104% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,222.74 | ↑ +129% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,256.40 | ↑ +136% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,256.40 | ↑ +136% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,917.04 | ↑ +260% |
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Bone marrow interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $351.28 | $66.30 – $1,604.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,276.02 | $236.33 – $1,256.40 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,097.82 | $50.56 – $1,615.95 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $432.90 | $50.56 – $637.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,005.48 | $50.56 – $1,551.34 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $260.82 | $49.53 – $611.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $258.01 | $49.53 – $611.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,684.02 | $301.42 – $1,256.40 |