Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) 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

$48.65

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.

$101.35

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.

$21.48 with Providence vs $375.09 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.

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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
Providence Oscar All Commercial Plans $21.48 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $24.87 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.27 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $40.36 ↓ -17%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $46.75 ↓ -4%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $50.54 ↑ +4%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $50.54 ↑ +4%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $207.22 ↑ +326%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $312.57 ↑ +542%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $375.09 ↑ +671%

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Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4.82 $2.97 – $67.07
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.65 $5.05 – $37.08
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.69 $24.76 – $206.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.42 $5.50 – $65.13
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $241.76 $5.96 – $11.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $26.95 $2.97 – $76.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.22 $5.50 – $72.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.15 $5.50 – $72.64

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