Assay of breath ethanol at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$21.70
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.
$62.00
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 $114.85 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 | $30.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $30.60 | ↑ +41% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $33.00 | ↑ +52% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $39.00 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $42.55 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $47.92 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $52.65 | ↑ +143% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $52.65 | ↑ +143% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $55.50 | ↑ +156% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $60.00 | ↑ +176% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $60.00 | ↑ +176% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $60.00 | ↑ +176% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $64.20 | ↑ +196% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $70.56 | ↑ +225% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $73.46 | ↑ +239% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $75.78 | ↑ +249% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $84.20 | ↑ +288% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $114.85 | ↑ +429% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay of breath ethanol at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $56.34 | $6.00 – $87.30 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $43.20 | $0.07 – $60.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $41.24 | $25.16 – $36.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $0.06 – $95.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $0.07 – $120.36 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $30.00 – $136.49 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $0.03 – $54.45 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $136.81 – $136.81 |