Chmotx admn plrl cav thrcnts at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$489.30
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,398.00
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.
$186.43 with Blue Shield vs $909.13 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 | $186.43 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $190.13 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $204.43 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $226.68 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $352.69 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $424.83 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $433.32 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $443.75 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $445.08 | ↓ -9% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $467.31 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $501.29 | ↑ +2% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $552.28 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $785.93 | ↑ +61% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $909.13 | ↑ +86% |
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Chmotx admn plrl cav thrcnts at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $448.82 | $140.18 – $1,359.54 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $357.09 | $140.18 – $1,310.40 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $637.19 | $140.18 – $1,441.44 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $448.82 | $180.18 – $1,638.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $471.75 | $140.18 – $14,317.00 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $892.85 | $96.39 – $785.93 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $584.15 | $186.43 – $785.93 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $445.12 – $454.21 |