Cystostomy cystotomy w/drainage 51040 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

$14,960.64

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$31,168.00

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.

$2,285.30 with Providence vs $20,418.00 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $2,285.30 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,688.58 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,816.77 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $3,172.48 ↓ -79%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,932.00 ↓ -67%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,973.88 ↓ -67%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,319.00 ↓ -64%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $5,995.00 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $7,920.00 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $9,792.00 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $10,887.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $11,564.00 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $17,015.00 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $20,418.00 ↑ +36%

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Cystostomy cystotomy w/drainage 51040 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,776.04 $2,817.02 – $6,619.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,395.80 $2,968.05 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,584.28 $2,688.58 – $11,046.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,892.10 $2,816.47 – $6,323.17
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,365.38 $9,858.00 – $46,797.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,674.99 $2,908.69 – $9,773.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $7,086.72 $2,285.30 – $9,779.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,485.35 $2,160.00 – $5,080.00

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