Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation 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.
$39.93 with Blue Cross vs $102.80 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 Cross | All Commercial Plans | $39.93 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $48.04 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $49.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $50.33 | ↑ +18% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $52.84 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $56.69 | ↑ +33% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $62.45 | ↑ +46% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $66.86 | ↑ +57% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $66.86 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $68.33 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $84.32 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $85.81 | ↑ +101% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $86.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $88.87 | ↑ +108% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $90.26 | ↑ +111% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $90.26 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $92.47 | ↑ +117% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $102.53 | ↑ +140% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $102.80 | ↑ +141% |
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $67.46 | $40.61 – $120.12 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $20.50 | $7.85 – $42.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $206.04 | $50.33 – $66.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $19.38 | $22.63 – $105.20 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $37.21 | $11.39 – $43.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $17.75 | $12.23 – $123.68 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $43.78 | $32.50 – $117.33 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $43.31 | $32.50 – $117.33 |