Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine 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

$35.74

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.

$74.46

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.

$15.16 with Providence vs $259.28 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 $15.16 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.83 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $23.56 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $28.48 ↓ -20%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $32.99 ↓ -8%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $35.66 ↓ -0%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $35.66 ↓ -0%
Aetna Gatekeeper Hmo $146.22 ↑ +309%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $216.07 ↑ +505%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $259.28 ↑ +625%

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Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $98.55 $4.50 – $47.31
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.15 $3.57 – $26.15
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $103.02 $17.47 – $142.61
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.75 $4.93 – $45.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $29.70 $2.55 – $9.85
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $27.25 $2.66 – $54.01
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.54 $4.93 – $51.24
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.12 $4.93 – $51.24

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