Cytopath smear other source at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$42.70
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.
$122.00
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.
$30.31 with Blue Cross vs $142.21 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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| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $30.31 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $37.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $37.94 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $38.97 | ↓ -9% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $40.92 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $43.90 | ↑ +3% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $45.98 | ↑ +8% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $45.98 | ↑ +8% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $48.36 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $54.11 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $67.95 | ↑ +59% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $68.82 | ↑ +61% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $79.61 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $99.33 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $99.33 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $116.95 | ↑ +174% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $119.28 | ↑ +179% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $128.25 | ↑ +200% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $142.21 | ↑ +233% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $42.05 | $25.92 – $124.87 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $146.37 | $38.98 – $45.98 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $40.98 | $15.92 – $60.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $41.56 | $22.00 – $135.24 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $41.11 | $22.00 – $135.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $97.92 | $41.07 – $49.66 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $238.68 | $37.20 – $56.31 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $44.30 | $7.76 – $62.07 |