Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$5,789.28
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.
$12,061.00
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.
$3,914.24 with Providence 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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| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $3,914.24 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $4,188.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,604.99 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,824.55 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $5,178.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5,433.82 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $5,757.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $8,335.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $8,519.24 | ↑ +47% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,987.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $9,990.00 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $13,012.00 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $15,614.00 | ↑ +170% |
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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,333.23 | $614.29 – $8,890.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,526.98 | $1,921.00 – $11,185.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,439.22 | $499.42 – $9,554.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,121.88 | $499.42 – $9,249.24 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,433.24 | $499.42 – $7,107.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,396.22 | $499.42 – $7,018.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,751.38 | $5,083.67 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,355.62 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |