Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 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

$544.60

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.

$1,556.00

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.

$353.00 with Blue Shield vs $5,149.00 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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $353.00 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $810.00 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $868.00 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $965.00 ↑ +77%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,166.53 ↑ +114%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,189.87 ↑ +118%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,222.15 ↑ +124%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,283.19 ↑ +136%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,376.49 ↑ +153%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $1,516.49 ↑ +178%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,158.09 ↑ +296%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,496.38 ↑ +358%
Cigna Ppo $2,581.00 ↑ +374%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $2,581.00 ↑ +374%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,654.00 ↑ +387%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↑ +399%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,006.00 ↑ +452%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $4,385.00 ↑ +705%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $4,385.00 ↑ +705%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $5,149.00 ↑ +845%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $508.52 $82.67 – $2,072.04
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $321.78 $187.51 – $447.17
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,660.05 $593.00 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $861.14 $67.21 – $1,971.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,215.12 $50.97 – $193.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $788.71 $67.21 – $1,971.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $700.45 $67.21 – $1,510.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,660.16 $1,287.79 – $7,455.00

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