Ins lv lead exist pm/icd 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

$17,309.76

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.

$36,062.00

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.

$5,605.00 with Blue Shield vs $39,963.00 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.

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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
Blue Shield Epn Exchange $5,605.00 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $6,929.00 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $7,704.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $8,741.00 ↓ -50%
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $11,426.56 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,443.01 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $14,083.95 ↓ -19%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $15,005.00 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $15,862.54 ↓ -8%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $16,173.00 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $17,015.00 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $20,418.00 ↑ +18%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $24,869.57 ↑ +44%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $39,963.00 ↑ +131%

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Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $15,211.74 $423.01 – $27,089.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22,068.97 $279.60 – $50,531.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $20,566.68 $279.60 – $51,416.68
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $22,624.45 $279.60 – $48,701.13
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $33,111.75 $7,483.00 – $62,607.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $9,084.60 $279.60 – $25,956.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $15,113.85 $2,995.00 – $20,488.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $11,028.00 $6,920.00 – $24,869.57

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