Ecg external < 48 hours recording at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$1,629.95
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.
$4,657.00
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.
$171.12 with Aetna vs $366.20 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $171.12 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $174.54 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $179.28 | ↓ -89% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $188.23 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $201.92 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $213.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $217.52 | ↓ -87% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $222.46 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $233.87 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $259.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $288.02 | ↓ -82% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $316.58 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $366.20 | ↓ -78% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $778.77 | $39.73 – $1,386.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $347.04 | $25.78 – $465.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,811.52 | $179.30 – $348.54 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $431.43 | $42.77 – $987.84 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $45.29 | $17.60 – $66.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $434.34 | $42.77 – $1,085.84 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $235.22 | $42.77 – $507.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $232.68 | $42.77 – $500.86 |