Electrophysiology evaluation at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$1,637.30
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.
$4,678.00
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.
$1,232.28 with Blue Shield vs $8,261.00 with Blue Cross — 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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,232.28 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $1,256.78 | ↓ -23% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,311.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $1,351.30 | ↓ -17% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,485.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $1,498.34 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $8,261.00 | ↑ +405% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,109.90 | $684.18 – $1,976.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,456.92 | $623.17 – $3,335.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,361.42 | $623.17 – $3,403.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,742.15 | $623.17 – $4,747.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,251.91 | $2,747.00 – $19,158.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,813.67 | $2,699.00 – $53,297.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,385.27 | $11,059.00 – $51,997.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,738.48 | $623.17 – $18,794.40 |