Drug test prsmv instrmnt 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

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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.

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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.

$14.57 with Providence vs $385.59 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
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $14.57
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.14
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $27.38
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $31.71
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $34.28
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $34.28
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $116.26
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $190.51
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $228.61
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $385.59

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Drug test prsmv instrmnt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $32.55 $3.43 – $50.44
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $282.10 $17.14 – $38.10
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $15.66 $9.46 – $59.67
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $407.40 $17.14 – $83.59
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $448.00 $17.14 – $38.10
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro $167.30 $17.14 – $38.10
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $167.30 $17.14 – $82.99
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $97.65 $17.14 – $43.69

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