Insert abdomen-venous drain at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$34,919.04
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.
$72,748.00
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.
$3,465.00 with Unitedhealthcare 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.
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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| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $3,465.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,746.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $4,035.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $4,188.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $5,178.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $5,757.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $13,012.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $15,614.00 | ↓ -55% |
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Insert abdomen-venous drain at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,039.47 | $677.58 – $9,249.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,699.70 | $677.58 – $9,249.24 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,758.23 | $677.58 – $9,015.70 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,717.71 | $677.58 – $10,028.70 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,718.92 | $677.58 – $7,768.32 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $24,799.68 | $3,281.00 – $5,357.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $5,079.96 | $677.58 – $9,765.36 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $20,546.88 | $3,845.00 – $11,456.00 |