Arthrp ntrcrpl/crp/mtcrp ssp 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.

$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $10,302.00 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.

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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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,624.00
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,812.00
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,126.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,208.34
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,292.51
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,408.99
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,629.17
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,965.77
La Care Health Plan Exchange $5,470.84
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $6,312.00
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $6,544.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $7,407.00
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,785.43
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $9,005.85
Cigna Ppo $10,302.00
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $10,302.00

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Arthrp ntrcrpl/crp/mtcrp ssp at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,856.91 $2,335.00 – $4,408.51
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,921.00 – $11,185.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $4,645.79 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $4,208.34 – $17,611.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $5,981.00 – $9,031.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $2,238.00 – $11,377.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $3,577.09 – $7,883.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $1,142.00 – $10,353.00

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