CT upper extremity w/contrast (both sides) at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$2,340.80
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.
$6,688.00
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.
$439.78 with Aetna vs $1,228.07 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 | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $439.78 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $448.71 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $457.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $470.10 | ↓ -80% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $493.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $529.47 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $553.63 | ↓ -76% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $583.32 | ↓ -75% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $610.96 | ↓ -74% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $610.96 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $830.11 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $960.24 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,010.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $1,030.09 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $1,056.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,107.56 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $1,228.07 | ↓ -48% |
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CT upper extremity w/contrast (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,367.00 | $427.02 – $2,434.38 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $928.61 | $324.67 – $1,583.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,650.69 | $470.15 – $1,369.25 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,782.78 | $495.35 – $1,730.40 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,702.49 | $448.71 – $1,962.28 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,076.21 | $470.05 – $782.78 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,113.95 | $1,966.86 – $1,966.86 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,114.06 | $485.45 – $1,472.15 |