CT neck soft tissue w/contrast at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$1,482.25
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.
$4,235.00
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.
$225.59 with Aetna vs $1,174.82 with Blue Shield — 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $225.59 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $230.11 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $236.35 | ↓ -84% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $248.15 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $266.20 | ↓ -82% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $291.55 | ↓ -80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $291.55 | ↓ -80% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $293.27 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $417.35 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $439.17 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $482.77 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $552.86 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $966.21 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $985.42 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $1,014.91 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,059.54 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $1,174.82 | ↓ -21% |
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CT neck soft tissue w/contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,988.52 | $226.19 – $3,541.20 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $921.12 | $35.60 – $1,589.83 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,933.12 | $236.37 – $1,315.89 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,052.93 | $226.19 – $5,311.60 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,575.76 | $256.11 – $1,805.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,431.97 | $226.19 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,653.18 | $226.19 – $3,564.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,635.36 | $226.19 – $3,520.24 |