Bypass temp external fem-fem 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

$961.45

Cash price

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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.

$2,747.00

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.

$806.82 with Aetna vs $4,875.00 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $806.82 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $822.95 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $845.28 ↓ -12%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $887.50 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $952.03 ↓ -1%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $1,048.86 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↑ +19%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $1,484.00 ↑ +54%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,492.61 ↑ +55%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,726.59 ↑ +80%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,807.00 ↑ +88%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,047.00 ↑ +113%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $2,391.00 ↑ +149%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $2,391.00 ↑ +149%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,624.00 ↑ +173%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,812.00 ↑ +192%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,126.00 ↑ +225%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $4,751.00 ↑ +394%
Cigna Ppo $4,875.00 ↑ +407%

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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,322.94 $845.36 – $2,695.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $563.92 $410.40 – $1,216.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $557.84 $760.00 – $1,200.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,009.80 $890.68 – $5,592.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,641.40 $806.82 – $5,835.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $602.82 $845.19 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $981.24 $3,331.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,139.27 $872.87 – $2,741.00

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