Bld push tfuj 2 yr/< 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

$257.95

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.

$737.00

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.

$567.42 with Aetna vs $3,623.00 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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $567.42 ↑ +120%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $578.77 ↑ +124%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $594.48 ↑ +130%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $624.17 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $669.55 ↑ +160%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $737.65 ↑ +186%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,049.73 ↑ +307%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↑ +343%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,214.29 ↑ +371%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,311.00 ↑ +408%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $1,484.00 ↑ +475%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,485.00 ↑ +476%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $2,391.00 ↑ +827%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $2,391.00 ↑ +827%
Cigna Ppo $2,581.00 ↑ +901%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $2,581.00 ↑ +901%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,624.00 ↑ +917%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,812.00 ↑ +990%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,126.00 ↑ +1112%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,623.00 ↑ +1305%

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Bld push tfuj 2 yr/< at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $825.69 $594.53 – $1,921.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $918.00 $626.41 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $923.61 $567.42 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $501.33 $594.41 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $545.70 $3,331.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $883.32 $613.88 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $262.56 $482.31 – $5,171.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $179.90 $567.42 – $2,594.00

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