MRA spinal canal at St Jude Medical Center
101 E Valencia Mesa Dr, Fullerton, CA · Providence · · NPI 1194926279
$6,894.72
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.
$14,364.00
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.
$500.06 with Unitedhealthcare vs $5,222.16 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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| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $500.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $500.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Gatekeeper Hmo | $1,837.14 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Non-Mcs (Ind1, Ncx1, Ncx3) All Commercial Plans | $4,351.79 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Mcs (Indx) All Commercial Plans | $5,222.16 | ↓ -24% |
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MRA spinal canal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $697.74 | $430.11 – $1,901.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,429.00 | $500.06 – $2,210.91 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $2,060.28 | $306.87 – $1,907.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $848.82 | $306.87 – $1,922.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $4,154.50 | $500.06 – $2,215.36 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $543.89 | $340.97 – $1,704.85 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $4,460.16 | $500.06 – $4,258.66 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $671.24 | $247.50 – $1,922.00 |