Dstrj nulyt agt gnclr nrv 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

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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.

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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.

$353.00 with Blue Shield vs $5,859.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $353.00
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $810.00
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $868.00
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $965.00
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $970.00
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $970.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,511.53
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,561.76
Cigna Ppo $2,581.00
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $2,581.00
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,631.28
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,762.68
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,963.57
La Care Health Plan Exchange $3,264.99
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,623.00
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,646.33
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $5,175.00
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $5,374.68
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $5,859.00

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Dstrj nulyt agt gnclr nrv at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,012.89 $374.91 – $4,608.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $492.84 $99.60 – $377.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,843.58 $374.91 – $4,608.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,872.44 $374.91 – $4,037.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,852.25 $374.91 – $3,987.13
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $8,592.48 $1,333.00 – $10,413.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $544.17 $721.00 – $3,982.87
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,421.20 $374.91 – $2,346.00

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