Autologous blood process at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$377.65
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.
$1,079.00
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.
$5.02 with Cigna vs $468.93 with Healthnet — 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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| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $5.02 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $5.02 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $121.09 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $152.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $219.12 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $223.51 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $229.57 | ↓ -39% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $241.04 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $258.56 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $283.27 | ↓ -25% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $284.86 | ↓ -25% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $287.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $287.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $310.02 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $316.19 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $339.97 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $376.96 | ↓ -0% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $405.38 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $468.93 | ↑ +24% |
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Autologous blood process at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $264.12 | $162.81 – $470.34 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $117.61 | $154.00 – $288.38 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $116.34 | $154.00 – $288.38 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $181.01 | $31.70 – $253.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $93.79 | $66.99 – $261.58 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $175.62 | $98.89 – $320.54 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $182.70 | $178.99 – $898.61 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $104.63 | $52.50 – $375.00 |