Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance 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

$16,605.60

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$34,595.00

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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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$5,605.00 with Blue Shield vs $20,418.00 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 ↓ -66%
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $6,083.33 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo $6,929.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,156.86 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $7,498.09 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo $7,704.00 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $8,444.98 ↓ -49%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $8,741.00 ↓ -47%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $11,403.00 ↓ -31%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $12,301.00 ↓ -26%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $13,240.19 ↓ -20%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos/Ppo $16,652.00 ↑ +0%
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 ↑ +23%

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Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7,093.41 $296.84 – $12,900.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,739.53 $196.20 – $17,544.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7,088.54 $196.20 – $15,417.36
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,822.63 $196.20 – $6,868.48
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,770.64 $196.20 – $6,868.48
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $10,120.44 $7,483.00 – $27,307.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,786.46 $7,156.86 – $27,307.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,828.26 $0.80 – $3,090.00

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