Cardiac MRI w/stress img at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
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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.
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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.
$597.36 with Providence vs $6,604.61 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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| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $597.36 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $702.78 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $736.29 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $770.53 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $770.53 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $829.27 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,300.14 | — |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $1,837.14 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $5,503.83 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $6,604.61 | — |
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Cardiac MRI w/stress img at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $761.45 | $392.50 – $1,907.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $568.46 | $330.50 – $1,322.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $3,963.40 | $585.98 – $2,728.09 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $569.30 | $643.87 – $1,456.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $1,580.45 | $696.67 – $3,878.40 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $556.11 | $484.30 – $1,369.40 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $1,198.75 | $702.78 – $1,300.14 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $736.35 – $3,632.71 |