Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
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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.
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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.
$64.41 with Aetna vs $613.73 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 | $64.41 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $65.70 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $70.85 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $83.73 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $91.36 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $102.88 | — |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $113.05 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $113.05 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $119.16 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $128.82 | — |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $128.82 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $128.82 | — |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $135.08 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $137.84 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $169.64 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $377.06 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $396.70 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $404.96 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $449.95 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $613.73 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $43.37 | $26.73 – $170.91 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $28.17 | $12.88 – $94.48 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $68.85 | $63.12 – $514.34 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $42.80 | $49.50 – $165.97 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $66.60 | $53.59 – $97.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $39.20 | $26.73 – $195.11 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $68.85 | $64.41 – $650.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $68.85 | $64.41 – $737.11 |