Ghs cutdown placement age 1 and over 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

$391.20

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.

$815.00

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.

$488.38 with Providence vs $15,614.00 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 $488.38 ↑ +25%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $574.56 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $601.96 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $677.97 ↑ +73%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,062.94 ↑ +172%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,266.00 ↑ +224%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,358.00 ↑ +247%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $1,999.00 ↑ +411%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $3,363.00 ↑ +760%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $4,188.00 ↑ +971%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $5,178.00 ↑ +1224%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $5,757.00 ↑ +1372%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $13,012.00 ↑ +3226%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $15,614.00 ↑ +3891%

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Ghs cutdown placement age 1 and over at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $498.01 $84.60 – $947.70
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $764.49 $602.01 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $412.60 $68.78 – $944.72
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $49.95 $19.41 – $73.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $377.89 $68.78 – $944.72
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $850.17 $634.29 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $855.27 $574.56 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $464.10 $601.89 – $3,982.87

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