Cidofovir injection 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

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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.

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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.

$427.08 with Blue Cross vs $2,620.56 with Blue Cross — 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
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $427.08
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $480.95
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $560.79
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $572.00
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $616.87
La Care Health Plan Exchange $729.03
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $881.65
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $931.20
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $985.37
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $985.37
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $985.37
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,037.46
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $1,038.44
Cigna Ppo $1,038.44
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,043.65
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,121.93
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,121.93
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,200.09
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,620.56

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Cidofovir injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,314.00 $496.82 – $1,723.77
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,800.64 $496.82 – $8,702.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,297.35 $397.45 – $2,792.65
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,574.21 $560.79 – $1,121.93
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,574.21 $560.79 – $1,211.48
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,648.28 $427.08 – $1,121.93
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,783.96 $496.82 – $3,256.16
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,196.80 $478.07 – $6,038.40

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