Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$38.15
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.
$109.00
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.
$18.74 with Blue Cross vs $221.89 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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| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $18.74 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $67.02 | ↑ +76% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $68.36 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $70.22 | ↑ +84% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $73.73 | ↑ +93% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $79.09 | ↑ +107% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $87.13 | ↑ +128% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $98.94 | ↑ +159% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $98.94 | ↑ +159% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $123.99 | ↑ +225% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $143.43 | ↑ +276% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $146.16 | ↑ +283% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $146.48 | ↑ +284% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $146.48 | ↑ +284% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $182.49 | ↑ +378% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $183.56 | ↑ +381% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $186.11 | ↑ +388% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $200.11 | ↑ +425% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $221.89 | ↑ +482% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $97.24 | $13.77 – $234.14 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $231.03 | $24.29 – $98.94 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $122.93 | $28.50 – $227.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $60.52 | $18.89 – $71.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $112.59 | $15.39 – $267.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $45.72 | $25.00 – $253.59 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $45.22 | $25.00 – $253.59 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $108.12 | $30.70 – $98.94 |