Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$1,174.60
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.
$3,356.00
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.
$277.71 with Aetna vs $602.03 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $277.71 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $283.27 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $290.95 | ↓ -75% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $305.48 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $327.70 | ↓ -72% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $361.03 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $495.13 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $504.98 | ↓ -57% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $513.77 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $536.32 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $536.76 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $536.76 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $542.95 | ↓ -54% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $594.31 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $602.03 | ↓ -49% |
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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $700.80 | $137.42 – $1,111.20 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $402.99 | $31.29 – $429.71 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $700.23 | $290.98 – $648.99 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $566.25 | $111.72 – $1,168.16 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,565.44 | $111.72 – $473.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $406.12 | $111.72 – $771.60 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $330.57 | $111.72 – $732.03 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $327.00 | $111.72 – $732.03 |