Contrast exam thoracic aorta at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$4,141.90
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.
$11,834.00
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.
$445.33 with Aetna vs $10,797.87 with Cigna — 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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| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $445.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $560.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,151.38 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,194.16 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $2,269.74 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,359.18 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $2,615.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,061.05 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,142.27 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,254.67 | ↑ +3% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $4,434.05 | ↑ +7% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $4,434.05 | ↑ +7% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,467.15 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $4,791.97 | ↑ +16% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $5,279.36 | ↑ +27% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $7,512.94 | ↑ +81% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $8,690.64 | ↑ +110% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $10,797.87 | ↑ +161% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $10,797.87 | ↑ +161% |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,761.50 | $255.55 – $13,457.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,361.00 | $255.55 – $15,820.61 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,875.63 | $255.55 – $15,009.21 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,844.62 | $255.55 – $15,009.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,627.74 | $1,989.67 – $4,434.05 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,941.61 | $4,061.05 – $4,434.05 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,881.79 | $255.55 – $4,902.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,627.74 | $1,721.34 – $4,434.05 |