Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 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.

$353.00 with Blue Shield vs $3,623.00 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 Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $353.00
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $810.00
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $868.00
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $965.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,184.62
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,208.32
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,241.11
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,303.09
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,397.84
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $1,484.00
La Care Health Plan Exchange $1,540.01
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,807.00
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,047.00
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $2,191.56
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $2,391.00
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $2,391.00
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,535.10
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $2,581.00
Cigna Ppo $2,581.00
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,623.00

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Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $406.43 $96.26 – $933.54
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $2,047.20 $1,006.93 – $2,216.00
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $2,734.20 $352.70 – $5,977.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $164.97 – $1,765.70
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $593.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $109.04 – $1,106.36
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $109.04 – $109.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $109.04 – $1,106.36

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