Burr hole skull & remove clot 61154 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$769.30
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,198.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $8,261.00 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,807.00 | ↑ +135% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,047.00 | ↑ +166% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,624.00 | ↑ +241% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,812.00 | ↑ +266% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $3,126.00 | ↑ +306% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $4,751.00 | ↑ +518% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $4,875.00 | ↑ +534% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $8,261.00 | ↑ +974% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Burr hole skull & remove clot 61154 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,623.55 | $1,921.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,720.45 | $5,592.00 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,225.86 | $5,835.00 – $11,046.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $10,755.39 | $2,335.00 – $2,335.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $8,189.58 | $5,981.00 – $11,059.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,678.12 | $2,238.00 – $9,773.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,400.00 | $4,666.00 – $13,634.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,374.75 | $1,142.00 – $8,480.00 |