Cystatin c at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$29.05
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.
$83.00
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.
$18.52 with Aetna vs $129.58 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 | $18.52 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18.89 | ↓ -35% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $20.37 | ↓ -30% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $24.08 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $26.27 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $28.51 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $29.58 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $32.51 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $32.51 | ↑ +12% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $34.26 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $35.80 | ↑ +23% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $37.04 | ↑ +28% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $37.04 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $37.04 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $39.63 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $79.61 | ↑ +174% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $85.50 | ↑ +194% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $85.62 | ↑ +195% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $95.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $129.58 | ↑ +346% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cystatin c at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $8.14 | $3.70 – $24.42 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $57.83 | $18.15 – $111.01 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4.28 | $5.00 – $47.73 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $6.66 | $5.42 – $10.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $57.83 | $18.52 – $140.29 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $57.83 | $18.52 – $159.09 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $5.71 | $1.00 – $8.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $57.83 | $159.46 – $159.46 |