Ablate bone tumor(s) perq 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

$20,286.70

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.

$57,962.00

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.

$3,409.00 with Blue Shield vs $48,260.04 with Healthnet — 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 $3,409.00 ↓ -83%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $4,751.00 ↓ -77%
Cigna Ppo $4,875.00 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $5,149.00 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $7,833.00 ↓ -61%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $7,876.00 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $8,394.00 ↓ -59%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8,915.00 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $9,333.00 ↓ -54%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $16,065.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $22,551.42 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $23,002.45 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $23,626.63 ↑ +16%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $24,806.56 ↑ +22%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $25,913.00 ↑ +28%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $25,913.00 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $26,610.32 ↑ +31%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $29,316.84 ↑ +45%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $41,720.12 ↑ +106%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $48,260.04 ↑ +138%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $16,477.13 $5,191.50 – $29,342.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13,978.48 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,878.45 $1,509.00 – $5,716.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,802.72 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13,004.30 $4,220.73 – $21,255.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,864.09 $4,220.73 – $20,989.51
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,426.76 $0.80 – $7,529.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $8,803.62 $4,042.00 – $24,397.68

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