Contrast x-ray of brain at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$1,833.60
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.
$3,820.00
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.
$481.18 with Blue Cross vs $1,865.27 with Healthnet — 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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| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $481.18 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $504.09 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $577.42 | ↓ -69% |
| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $857.02 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,008.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,056.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,089.31 | ↓ -41% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,089.31 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,189.72 | ↓ -35% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,865.27 | ↑ +2% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast x-ray of brain at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,464.54 | $127.68 – $639.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,362.69 | $127.68 – $3,751.09 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,348.00 | $117.49 – $3,751.09 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,409.44 | $127.68 – $1,036.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $772.50 | $102.36 – $756.80 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $538.75 | $118.38 – $2,379.96 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $956.16 | $470.88 – $1,865.27 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $773.50 | $222.16 – $3,834.71 |