Cdna analysis for variants at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$76.80
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.
$160.00
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.
$157.42 with Providence vs $4,957.56 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 | $157.42 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $185.20 | ↑ +141% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $295.82 | ↑ +285% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $342.62 | ↑ +346% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $370.40 | ↑ +382% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $370.40 | ↑ +382% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $411.29 | ↑ +436% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $1,850.88 | ↑ +2310% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $2,221.05 | ↑ +2792% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,957.56 | ↑ +6355% |
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Cdna analysis for variants at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $99.43 | $61.29 – $491.39 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $318.09 | $37.04 – $549.99 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $484.50 | $181.50 – $1,169.65 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $586.79 | $72.77 – $477.19 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $113.22 | $92.03 – $170.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $537.44 | $39.30 – $560.97 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $166.95 | $153.63 – $532.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $165.15 | $153.63 – $532.20 |