Aortic dysfunction/dilation 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

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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.

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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.

$1,276.48 with Aetna vs $13,845.25 with Blue Cross — 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
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $1,276.48
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,350.19
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,377.19
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,485.21
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,603.06
La Care Health Plan Exchange $1,755.25
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,915.11
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,156.66
Cigna Ppo $2,369.57
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $2,369.57
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,497.85
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,700.38
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,700.38
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $2,700.38
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,889.41
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $13,845.25

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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $479.90 $560.63 – $3,478.89
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $746.76 $606.94 – $1,121.25
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $439.53 $302.74 – $4,089.71
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $872.34 $583.05 – $1,121.25
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $408.14 $482.14 – $4,700.53
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $568.48 $852.15 – $1,121.25
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $654.81 $549.42 – $1,121.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,323.19 – $16,829.15

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