Laparo cholecystectomy/graph at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$3,858.24
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.
$8,038.00
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.
$6,609.22 with Providence vs $22,145.00 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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| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $6,609.22 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,775.56 | ↑ +102% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $8,146.28 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $9,175.04 | ↑ +138% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $11,403.00 | ↑ +196% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $12,301.00 | ↑ +219% |
| Blue Shield | Epn Exchange | $12,502.00 | ↑ +224% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $13,043.00 | ↑ +238% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $14,384.78 | ↑ +273% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo | $15,457.00 | ↑ +301% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $16,652.00 | ↑ +332% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo | $17,186.00 | ↑ +345% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $18,454.00 | ↑ +378% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $22,145.00 | ↑ +474% |
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Laparo cholecystectomy/graph at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $10,610.55 | $5,734.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,246.76 | $484.29 – $1,834.56 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $11,485.20 | $8,583.81 – $27,307.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $10,257.12 | $7,775.56 – $27,307.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $5,316.24 | $6,970.59 – $8,145.41 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $6,645.81 | $13,544.00 – $51,997.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $11,357.19 | $6,682.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,360.48 | $6,609.22 – $15,436.00 |