Card MRI veloc flow mapping at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$1,150.10
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.
$3,286.00
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.
$357.08 with Blue Shield vs $737.67 with Aetna — 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 | $357.08 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $364.18 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $391.57 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $392.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $434.17 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $585.98 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $737.67 | ↓ -36% |
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Card MRI veloc flow mapping at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $282.95 | $69.22 – $646.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,087.04 | $806.39 – $1,837.14 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $633.90 | $41.18 – $1,907.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $465.26 | $41.18 – $1,922.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $287.52 | $761.37 – $1,837.14 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $466.86 | $45.76 – $1,194.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $400.80 | $745.07 – $1,801.80 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $1,028.21 | $45.76 – $2,523.20 |