Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$68.93
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.
$196.95
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.
$3.25 with Aetna vs $34.45 with Blue Cross — 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 | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $3.25 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $3.62 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $3.62 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3.64 | ↓ -95% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $3.91 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4.38 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $4.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $4.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $4.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $34.45 | ↓ -50% |
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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $1.42 – $19.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $65.33 | $3.64 – $12.33 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $40.24 | $2.76 – $29.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $36.85 | $1.82 – $29.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $191.44 | $1.82 – $43.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $189.38 | $2.38 – $42.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $65.33 | $3.64 – $13.35 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $65.33 | $3.91 – $15.93 |