Bronchoscopy bronch stents 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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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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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.

$4,035.00 with Aetna vs $21,313.00 with Healthnet — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $4,035.00
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $7,715.51
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $7,920.00
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $8,335.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8,987.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,077.07
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $9,509.85
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $9,792.00
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $10,710.80
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $10,887.00
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $13,012.00
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $15,614.00
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $16,792.58
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $21,313.00

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Bronchoscopy bronch stents at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $200.71 – $15,529.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $3,632.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $163.18 – $8,795.69
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $163.18 – $163.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $163.18 – $8,795.69
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $163.18 – $8,795.69
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $163.18 – $8,795.69
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $6,200.00 – $35,965.00

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