Bone survey-lead poisoning 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

$577.15

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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.

$1,649.00

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.

$86.03 with Aetna vs $364.82 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
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $86.03 ↓ -85%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $108.29 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $134.46 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $137.15 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $140.87 ↓ -76%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $147.91 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $158.66 ↓ -73%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $174.80 ↓ -70%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $179.33 ↓ -69%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $179.33 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $180.27 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $205.64 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $209.73 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $225.51 ↓ -61%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $248.76 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $250.04 ↓ -57%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $287.75 ↓ -50%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $364.82 ↓ -37%
Cigna Ppo $364.82 ↓ -37%

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Bone survey-lead poisoning at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $648.24 $85.36 – $1,154.40
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $266.99 $21.27 – $394.79
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,387.71 $140.89 – $233.73
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $886.45 $56.42 – $328.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $142.47 $56.42 – $570.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $140.93 $56.42 – $570.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,422.90 $134.46 – $334.96
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $548.61 $56.42 – $342.76

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