Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
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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.
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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.
$407.95 with Providence vs $1,999.00 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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| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $407.95 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $479.94 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $502.83 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $566.33 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $856.87 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $887.89 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $1,028.25 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,266.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,358.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $1,999.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $639.98 | $113.84 – $1,220.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $633.08 | $113.84 – $1,205.54 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $407.49 | $113.84 – $891.24 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $933.60 | $407.95 – $1,200.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $655.60 | $113.84 – $965.25 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $712.80 | $113.84 – $2,281.68 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $734.89 | $113.84 – $2,634.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $701.40 | $306.81 – $1,311.00 |