Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm 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

$3,543.84

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.

$7,383.00

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.

$136.05 with Providence vs $1,084.36 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 $136.05 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $160.06 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $167.69 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $188.86 ↓ -95%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $296.10 ↓ -92%
Cigna All Other Ppo $374.56 ↓ -89%
Cigna Network/Open Access Plus Benefit Plans Hmo/Pos $374.56 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $565.30 ↓ -84%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $565.30 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans $1,084.36 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans $1,084.36 ↓ -69%

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Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $265.43 – $1,740.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,683.22 $167.70 – $809.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,103.20 $175.45 – $4,815.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,926.29 $175.45 – $4,815.72
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,448.62 $176.69 – $875.87
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,856.26 $160.06 – $1,044.76
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,346.00 $167.67 – $2,063.13
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,856.26 $470.35 – $1,047.32

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