Bronch ebus samplng 1/2 node 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

$2,422.35

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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.

$6,921.00

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.

$1,528.00 with Blue Shield vs $11,827.00 with Healthnet — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,528.00 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $3,511.00 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,623.00 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,763.00 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $4,184.00 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,795.28 ↑ +98%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,891.18 ↑ +102%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $5,023.91 ↑ +107%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $5,175.00 ↑ +114%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,274.80 ↑ +118%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $5,658.35 ↑ +134%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,859.00 ↑ +142%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $6,233.86 ↑ +157%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $7,332.00 ↑ +203%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $8,871.26 ↑ +266%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $10,261.89 ↑ +324%
Cigna Ppo $10,302.00 ↑ +325%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $10,302.00 ↑ +325%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $11,827.00 ↑ +388%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $11,827.00 ↑ +388%

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Bronch ebus samplng 1/2 node at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,265.88 $826.88 – $9,767.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,907.07 $826.88 – $9,767.66
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,000.28 $826.88 – $6,469.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,967.93 $826.88 – $6,388.73
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $5,012.24 $877.80 – $7,022.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,265.86 $826.88 – $6,473.88
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,166.87 $826.88 – $8,010.09
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $1,962.39 $216.41 – $6,056.28

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