Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$350.35
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.
$1,001.00
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.
$139.88 with Blue Cross vs $1,485.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 Cross | All Commercial Plans | $139.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $171.12 | ↓ -51% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $174.54 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $179.28 | ↓ -49% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $188.23 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $201.92 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $202.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $202.00 | ↓ -42% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $222.46 | ↓ -37% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $316.58 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $366.20 | ↑ +5% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $601.00 | ↑ +72% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $970.00 | ↑ +177% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $970.00 | ↑ +177% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,311.00 | ↑ +274% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,485.00 | ↑ +324% |
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Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $91.98 | $56.70 – $291.44 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $213.59 | $25.78 – $296.82 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $235.11 | $167.07 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $113.42 | $132.50 – $246.96 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $250.42 | $62.09 – $235.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $103.88 | $41.31 – $153.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $82.37 | $59.94 – $177.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $85.52 | $59.94 – $175.38 |