Bld prd mix 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

$120.05

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.

$343.00

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.

$1.65 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.

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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
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $1.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna Ppo $1.65 ↓ -99%
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $39.54 ↓ -67%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $49.66 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $53.85 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $54.92 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $59.05 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $65.47 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $113.30 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $219.12 ↑ +83%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $223.51 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $229.57 ↑ +91%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $241.04 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $258.56 ↑ +115%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $284.86 ↑ +137%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $287.00 ↑ +139%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $287.00 ↑ +139%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $405.38 ↑ +238%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $468.93 ↑ +291%

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Bld prd mix at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $290.19 $116.25 – $287.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $150.52 $58.47 – $221.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $107.97 $89.30 – $232.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $106.80 $85.90 – $229.89
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $278.97 $163.83 – $287.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $161.67 $210.52 – $287.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $193.57 $33.90 – $271.20
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $148.41 $211.01 – $211.01

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