Electrophysiology evaluation 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

$9,376.50

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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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$26,790.00

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.

$2,272.44 with Blue Shield vs $25,913.00 with Healthnet — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $2,272.44 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,317.63 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,491.94 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $2,763.08 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $8,261.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,031.67 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,232.30 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $10,509.96 ↑ +12%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $10,701.00 ↑ +14%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,034.84 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $11,837.21 ↑ +26%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $12,115.00 ↑ +29%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $13,041.17 ↑ +39%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $16,065.00 ↑ +71%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $18,558.59 ↑ +98%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $21,467.77 ↑ +129%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $25,913.00 ↑ +176%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $25,913.00 ↑ +176%

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Electrophysiology evaluation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10,427.91 $987.09 – $23,808.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11,309.90 $802.51 – $26,425.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10,057.16 $802.51 – $25,142.88
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6,508.75 $802.51 – $17,202.95
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $11,852.91 $9,256.00 – $35,965.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,107.45 $802.51 – $19,823.50
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $21,239.46 $9,773.00 – $15,575.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $7,883.04 $8,526.92 – $18,558.59

All California hospitals for this procedure →