Brain flow imaging only at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
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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.
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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.
$247.58 with Blue Cross vs $1,921.84 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.
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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| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $247.58 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $271.49 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $276.89 | — |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $293.83 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $297.71 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $330.10 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $369.89 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $698.35 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $712.32 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $731.65 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $755.17 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $755.17 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $768.18 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $824.04 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $907.85 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,291.95 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,494.47 | — |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $1,921.84 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $1,921.84 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain flow imaging only at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,536.10 | $57.69 – $3,349.64 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,952.38 | $57.69 – $2,046.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,226.18 | $57.69 – $2,704.43 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $663.35 | $57.69 – $2,565.73 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $656.20 | $57.69 – $2,565.73 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $495.10 | $57.69 – $843.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $512.71 | $78.46 – $645.82 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $996.01 | $57.69 – $886.00 |