Chorion biopsy at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$681.60
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.
$1,420.00
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.
$1,006.93 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 | $1,006.93 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,184.62 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,241.11 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,397.84 | ↑ +105% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $1,999.00 | ↑ +193% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,001.00 | ↑ +194% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,158.00 | ↑ +217% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $2,191.56 | ↑ +222% |
| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $4,188.00 | ↑ +514% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $5,178.00 | ↑ +660% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $5,757.00 | ↑ +745% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $13,012.00 | ↑ +1809% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $15,614.00 | ↑ +2191% |
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Chorion biopsy at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $573.95 | $159.18 – $1,314.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,037.24 | $159.18 – $2,593.08 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $729.12 | $1,006.93 – $4,971.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $240.82 – $1,765.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,241.22 – $2,695.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $159.18 – $159.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $159.18 – $1,106.36 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $159.18 – $1,106.36 |