Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$1,642.54
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.
$3,421.95
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.
$31.65 with Cigna vs $250.02 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.
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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| Cigna | All Other Ppo | $31.65 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Network/Open Access Plus Benefit Plans Hmo/Pos | $31.65 | ↓ -98% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $47.77 | ↓ -97% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $47.77 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $61.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $250.02 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $250.02 | ↓ -85% |
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Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,140.00 | $40.37 – $4,900.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $902.09 | $36.66 – $943.26 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,800.00 | $26.68 – $3,400.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $1,178.29 | $32.65 – $1,029.00 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $1,456.00 | $26.68 – $3,280.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $676.78 | $23.55 – $996.00 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $538.46 | $23.55 – $960.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $960.83 | $23.55 – $984.00 |