Embolization s&i 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

$3,498.95

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.

$9,997.00

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.

$1,612.45 with Aetna vs $5,016.47 with Blue Shield — 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 $1,612.45 ↓ -54%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,029.85 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,125.70 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $4,207.74 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,323.39 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $4,524.20 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $5,016.47 ↑ +43%

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Embolization s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,632.29 $2,855.52 – $8,249.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,776.66 $4,830.97 – $5,605.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,494.58 $1,663.00 – $3,326.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,368.87 $816.48 – $3,024.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,743.70 $2,350.00 – $3,760.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,807.11 $1,105.41 – $4,874.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,570.22 $7,083.97 – $7,116.50
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $11,815.68 $8,033.26 – $8,033.26

All California hospitals for this procedure →