Ablation cryo pq chest wall tumor(s) w/guid at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$523.25
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.
$1,495.00
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.
$317.26 with Aetna 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.
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 | $317.26 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $323.60 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $332.38 | ↓ -36% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $348.98 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $374.36 | ↓ -28% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $412.43 | ↓ -21% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $586.92 | ↑ +12% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $601.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $678.93 | ↑ +30% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $970.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $970.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,311.00 | ↑ +151% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,485.00 | ↑ +184% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,624.00 | ↑ +401% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,812.00 | ↑ +437% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $3,126.00 | ↑ +497% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $4,751.00 | ↑ +808% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $4,875.00 | ↑ +832% |
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Ablation cryo pq chest wall tumor(s) w/guid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,463.52 | $350.23 – $5,592.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $211.14 | $332.35 – $3,982.87 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $547.20 | $269.67 – $5,171.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $227.15 | $317.26 – $4,776.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $293.76 | $269.67 – $4,188.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $452.64 | $269.67 – $4,971.00 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $188.65 | $317.26 – $4,768.00 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | $250.25 | $317.26 – $9,636.00 |