Breath test analysis c-14 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$515.90
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.
$1,474.00
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.
$94.41 with Aetna vs $641.83 with Blue Shield — 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $94.41 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $96.30 | ↓ -81% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $103.85 | ↓ -80% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $122.73 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $133.91 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $150.80 | ↓ -71% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $151.06 | ↓ -71% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $151.06 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $171.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $174.66 | ↓ -66% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $188.82 | ↓ -63% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $202.04 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $216.46 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $316.91 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $316.91 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $394.32 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $402.76 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $423.50 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $470.55 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $641.83 | ↑ +24% |
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Breath test analysis c-14 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $428.91 | $94.41 – $631.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $230.40 | $94.41 – $496.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $227.91 | $94.41 – $490.59 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $185.52 | $66.36 – $259.12 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,023.85 | $94.41 – $1,289.68 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $330.12 | $94.41 – $300.80 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $191.65 | $94.41 – $370.44 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $152.43 | $94.41 – $255.78 |