2nd order venous cath at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$273.35

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.

$781.00

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.

$1,311.00 with Unitedhealthcare vs $4,875.00 with Cigna — 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
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,311.00 ↑ +380%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,485.00 ↑ +443%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,623.00 ↑ +1225%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $4,751.00 ↑ +1638%
Cigna Ppo $4,875.00 ↑ +1683%

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2nd order venous cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $725.77 $160.27 – $1,292.46
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,195.41 $130.30 – $1,369.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,094.86 $130.30 – $1,369.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,446.53 $130.30 – $2,313.11
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,430.94 $130.30 – $2,573.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,964.52 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,715.39 $130.30 – $3,335.64
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,710.03 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →