Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis 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

$322.18

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$920.50

Gross charge

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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.

$262.99 with Aetna vs $1,793.59 with Blue Shield — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $262.99 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $268.25 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $285.35 ↓ -11%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $289.29 ↓ -10%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $341.89 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $373.03 ↑ +16%
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $391.96 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $420.07 ↑ +30%
Cigna Ppo $461.54 ↑ +43%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $461.54 ↑ +43%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $486.53 ↑ +51%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $492.24 ↑ +53%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $525.98 ↑ +63%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $525.98 ↑ +63%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $525.98 ↑ +63%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $562.80 ↑ +75%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $1,101.93 ↑ +242%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $1,183.46 ↑ +267%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $1,314.95 ↑ +308%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,793.59 ↑ +457%

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Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $194.25 $262.99 – $1,165.05
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $257.73 – $525.98
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $262.99 – $525.98
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $262.99 – $828.54
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $198.31 – $748.70
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $830.48 – $830.48
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $257.73 – $525.98
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $6.03 – $525.98

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