Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm 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

$2,160.48

Cash price

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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.

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.

$4,501.00

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.

$1,805.60 with Providence vs $15,614.00 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
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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 $1,805.60 ↓ -16%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,001.00 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,124.23 ↓ -2%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,158.00 ↓ -0%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,225.51 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,506.56 ↑ +16%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,929.83 ↑ +82%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $4,035.00 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $5,605.00 ↑ +159%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $5,995.00 ↑ +177%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $6,929.00 ↑ +221%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $7,704.00 ↑ +257%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $13,012.00 ↑ +502%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $15,614.00 ↑ +623%

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Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,056.33 $226.00 – $3,763.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,014.10 $2,225.71 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,248.29 $232.41 – $5,147.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $309.69 $120.30 – $455.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,059.18 $232.41 – $5,147.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,714.40 $232.41 – $3,696.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,695.91 $232.41 – $3,650.59
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,404.25 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00

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