Cytopath fl nongyn filter at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$52.50

Cash price

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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.

$150.00

Gross charge

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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.

$34.50 with Blue Cross vs $119.94 with Aetna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $34.50 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $37.20 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $37.94 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $38.97 ↓ -26%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $40.92 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $43.90 ↓ -16%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $45.98 ↓ -12%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $45.98 ↓ -12%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $48.36 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $63.11 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $64.36 ↑ +23%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $68.82 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $69.20 ↑ +32%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $76.73 ↑ +46%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $79.61 ↑ +52%
Cigna Ppo $89.69 ↑ +71%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $89.69 ↑ +71%
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $95.51 ↑ +82%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $119.94 ↑ +128%

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Cytopath fl nongyn filter at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $53.55 $29.60 – $440.01
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $92.63 $29.60 – $332.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $93.74 $29.60 – $48.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $147.92 $13.31 – $185.20
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $35.59 $29.27 – $185.20
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $116.06 $13.31 – $109.59
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $51.79 $20.79 – $156.87
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $29.31 $15.44 – $185.20

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