Cystoscopy and treatment at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$1,377.60
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.
$3,936.00
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.
$1,528.00 with Blue Shield vs $7,176.00 with Healthnet — 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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,528.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,654.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,688.58 | ↑ +95% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,742.35 | ↑ +99% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,816.77 | ↑ +104% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,957.44 | ↑ +115% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,006.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $3,172.48 | ↑ +130% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $3,452.00 | ↑ +151% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $3,452.00 | ↑ +151% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $3,495.16 | ↑ +154% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $3,511.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,763.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $4,184.00 | ↑ +204% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $4,449.00 | ↑ +223% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $4,973.88 | ↑ +261% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $5,149.00 | ↑ +274% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $5,753.57 | ↑ +318% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $7,176.00 | ↑ +421% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $7,176.00 | ↑ +421% |
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Cystoscopy and treatment at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,301.85 | $2,570.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $289.71 | $107.11 – $405.72 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,023.61 | $2,968.05 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,070.20 | $2,688.58 – $9,858.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,197.70 | $2,816.47 – $5,198.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,838.66 | $8,005.00 – $25,998.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,546.76 | $2,908.69 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,153.44 | $2,285.30 – $6,920.00 |