Braf gene at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$63.00
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.
$180.00
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.
$78.90 with Aetna vs $375.36 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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| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $78.90 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $99.09 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $175.40 | ↑ +178% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $178.91 | ↑ +184% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $192.94 | ↑ +206% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $228.02 | ↑ +262% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $248.79 | ↑ +295% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $280.17 | ↑ +345% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $307.83 | ↑ +389% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $307.83 | ↑ +389% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $312.14 | ↑ +395% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $324.49 | ↑ +415% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $350.80 | ↑ +457% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $350.80 | ↑ +457% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $350.80 | ↑ +457% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $375.36 | ↑ +496% |
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Braf gene at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $394.20 | $21.33 – $465.39 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $78.54 | $35.08 – $135.80 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $79.18 | $40.00 – $451.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $53.28 | $43.31 – $80.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $72.52 | $21.60 – $531.29 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $129.85 | $37.50 – $504.04 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $128.45 | $37.50 – $504.04 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $102.90 | $15.75 – $75.00 |