Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern 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

$1,396.85

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.

$3,991.00

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.

$548.37 with Aetna vs $1,921.84 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.

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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
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $548.37 ↓ -61%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $690.33 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $698.35 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $712.32 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $731.65 ↓ -48%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $755.17 ↓ -46%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $755.17 ↓ -46%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $768.18 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $824.04 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $860.94 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $878.06 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $897.84 ↓ -36%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $907.85 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $944.10 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $1,046.83 ↓ -25%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,291.95 ↓ -8%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,494.47 ↑ +7%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $1,921.84 ↑ +38%
Cigna Ppo $1,921.84 ↑ +38%

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Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $742.41 $367.17 – $2,368.99
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $580.42 $107.65 – $839.05
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,039.42 $242.69 – $4,445.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,796.87 $242.69 – $2,146.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,627.59 $242.69 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,691.02 $242.69 – $3,646.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,672.79 $242.69 – $3,600.82
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,741.25 $698.35 – $1,668.27

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