Gel-one 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.

$447.77 with Providence vs $2,050.91 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 $447.77
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $526.79
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $746.62
Cigna Network/Open Access Plus Benefit Plans Hmo/Pos $767.08
Cigna All Other Ppo $767.08
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $840.79
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $974.55
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $1,048.03
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,157.73
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,157.73
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $2,050.91
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $2,050.91

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Gel-one at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $3,616.80 $538.48 – $4,581.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $516.25 – $1,530.39
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $526.79 – $1,656.58
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $526.79 – $1,976.02
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $526.79 – $3,902.12
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $1,048.03 – $1,980.87
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $516.25 – $1,645.40
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $447.77 – $1,157.73

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