CT upper extremity without contrast (both sides) at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$1,869.70
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.
$5,342.00
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.
$134.46 with Aetna vs $1,027.63 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 | $134.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $137.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $140.87 | ↓ -92% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $147.91 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $158.66 | ↓ -92% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $174.80 | ↓ -91% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $179.33 | ↓ -90% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $179.33 | ↓ -90% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $248.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $287.75 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $351.66 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $442.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $845.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $861.96 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $888.09 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $926.79 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $1,027.63 | ↓ -45% |
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CT upper extremity without contrast (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,314.44 | $135.12 – $2,340.78 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $742.54 | $261.64 – $1,265.85 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,227.90 | $140.89 – $1,151.46 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,758.19 | $148.44 – $1,455.16 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,387.31 | $134.46 – $1,650.16 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $878.73 | $140.86 – $658.27 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,867.11 | $1,654.01 – $1,654.01 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,058.47 | $145.47 – $1,237.99 |