Ductogram sgl duct 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

$665.00

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.

$1,900.00

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.

$90.96 with Aetna vs $829.25 with Cigna — 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
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $90.96 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $99.11 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $101.08 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $108.68 ↓ -84%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $114.50 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $120.50 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $306.88 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $313.02 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $321.51 ↓ -52%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $337.57 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $362.12 ↓ -46%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $372.86 ↓ -44%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $372.86 ↓ -44%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $398.95 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $474.14 ↓ -29%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $567.73 ↓ -15%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $656.73 ↓ -1%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $829.25 ↑ +25%
Cigna Ppo $829.25 ↑ +25%

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Ductogram sgl duct at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $413.91 $74.61 – $1,113.94
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $680.85 $332.01 – $660.95
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $355.95 $51.24 – $832.32
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $355.20 $260.85 – $567.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $1,031.52 $260.85 – $567.73
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $705.25 $51.24 – $832.32
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro $282.45 $51.24 – $896.82
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $282.45 $83.62 – $853.82

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