Ghs indirect laryngoscopy/w fb removal 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

$225.60

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.

$470.00

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.

$218.22 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 $218.22 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $256.73 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $268.97 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $302.93 ↑ +34%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $474.95 ↑ +111%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $799.00 ↑ +254%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,266.00 ↑ +461%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,358.00 ↑ +502%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $4,035.00 ↑ +1689%
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $5,605.00 ↑ +2384%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $6,929.00 ↑ +2971%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $7,704.00 ↑ +3315%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $13,012.00 ↑ +5668%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $15,614.00 ↑ +6821%

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Ghs indirect laryngoscopy/w fb removal at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $415.14 $268.99 – $2,570.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $401.60 $95.27 – $590.94
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $520.71 $283.41 – $7,483.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $272.85 $256.73 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,392.81 $268.94 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $273.36 $1,333.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $535.50 $277.75 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $408.48 $218.22 – $6,920.00

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