Lymphocytotoxicity assay at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$96.00
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.
$200.00
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.
$26.94 with Blue Cross vs $534.16 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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| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $26.94 | ↓ -72% |
| Providence | Oscar All Commercial Plans | $40.45 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $47.59 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $76.02 | ↓ -21% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $88.04 | ↓ -8% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $95.18 | ↓ -1% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $95.18 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $177.47 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $445.13 | ↑ +364% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $534.16 | ↑ +456% |
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Lymphocytotoxicity assay at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $59.36 | $47.59 – $136.74 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $58.72 | $47.59 – $136.74 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $91.36 | $16.00 – $128.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $47.04 | $33.60 – $131.20 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $96.00 | $26.94 – $95.18 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $257.33 | $36.74 – $324.14 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $82.40 | $46.40 – $150.40 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $177.13 | $47.59 – $318.50 |