Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$1,147.68
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.
$2,391.00
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.
$593.60 with Providence vs $2,116.44 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 | $593.60 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $698.35 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $731.65 | ↓ -36% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $755.17 | ↓ -34% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $755.17 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $824.04 | ↓ -28% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,291.95 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $1,727.84 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $1,763.70 | ↑ +54% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $2,116.44 | ↑ +84% |
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Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $742.41 | $367.17 – $2,368.99 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $580.42 | $107.65 – $839.05 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,039.42 | $242.69 – $4,445.28 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,796.87 | $242.69 – $2,146.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,627.59 | $242.69 – $2,704.43 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,691.02 | $242.69 – $3,646.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,672.79 | $242.69 – $3,600.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,741.25 | $698.35 – $1,668.27 |