Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$166.95
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.
$477.00
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.
$0.02 with Aetna vs $117.78 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 | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $0.02 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $0.02 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $17.27 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $17.62 | ↓ -89% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $19.00 | ↓ -89% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $22.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $24.50 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $27.59 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $30.32 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $30.32 | ↓ -82% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $31.95 | ↓ -81% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $34.54 | ↓ -79% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $34.54 | ↓ -79% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $34.54 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $36.96 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $39.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $72.36 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $77.72 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $86.35 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $117.78 | ↓ -29% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $223.65 | $0.02 – $34.54 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $361.90 | $0.02 – $34.54 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | $71.40 | $0.02 – $34.54 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | $71.40 | $0.02 – $71.84 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $127.05 | $0.02 – $42.90 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $0.06 – $47.81 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $0.07 – $60.42 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $17.27 – $114.28 |