Abdominal MRI (with contrast) at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$3,663.80
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.
$10,468.00
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.
$448.71 with Aetna vs $2,762.90 with Blue Shield — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $448.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $457.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $470.10 | ↓ -87% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $493.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $529.47 | ↓ -86% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $583.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $585.98 | ↓ -84% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $610.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $610.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $737.67 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $830.11 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $960.24 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,272.29 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,317.48 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,436.19 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,491.77 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $2,762.90 | ↓ -25% |
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Abdominal MRI (with contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,430.47 | $452.69 – $4,328.22 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,835.60 | $71.43 – $3,957.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,656.81 | $470.15 – $3,158.65 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,794.42 | $299.22 – $5,310.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $8,801.19 | $299.22 – $3,522.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,226.96 | $299.22 – $2,111.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,110.62 | $299.22 – $4,551.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,087.87 | $299.22 – $4,494.31 |