Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$5,125.05
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.
$14,643.00
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.
$1,528.00 with Blue Shield vs $11,827.00 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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,528.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $3,452.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $3,452.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $3,511.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,763.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $4,184.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,795.28 | ↓ -6% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,891.18 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5,023.91 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $5,149.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,274.80 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5,658.35 | ↑ +10% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $6,233.86 | ↑ +22% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $6,544.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $7,332.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7,407.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $8,871.26 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $10,261.89 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $11,827.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $11,827.00 | ↑ +131% |
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Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,447.07 | $213.61 – $3,381.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $396.32 | $213.61 – $1,011.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,300.58 | $213.61 – $4,960.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,275.77 | $213.61 – $4,898.79 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $3,439.14 | $602.30 – $4,924.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,747.54 | $213.61 – $5,231.04 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $3,222.48 | $363.13 – $4,059.16 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,411.36 | $213.61 – $6,557.76 |