Complx repair trunk addl 5cm/< 13102 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

$122.88

Cash price

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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.

$256.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,266.00 with Unitedhealthcare 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,266.00 ↑ +930%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,358.00 ↑ +1005%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $3,363.00 ↑ +2637%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $4,188.00 ↑ +3308%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $5,178.00 ↑ +4114%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $5,757.00 ↑ +4585%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $13,012.00 ↑ +10489%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $15,614.00 ↑ +12607%

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Complx repair trunk addl 5cm/< 13102 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $777.24 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $221.78 $57.67 – $326.34
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,140.47 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,846.75 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $154.02 $2,335.00 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $4,838.88 $5,981.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $890.97 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,512.48 $1,200.00 – $5,357.00

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