Excision benign lesion face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 0.6 - 1.0 cm at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$523.25
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.
$1,495.00
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.
$910.78 with Aetna vs $5,149.00 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $910.78 | ↑ +74% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $928.99 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $954.20 | ↑ +82% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,001.85 | ↑ +91% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,074.70 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↑ +118% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $1,184.01 | ↑ +126% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↑ +184% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,684.94 | ↑ +222% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,807.00 | ↑ +245% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,949.06 | ↑ +272% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,047.00 | ↑ +291% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $2,391.00 | ↑ +357% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $2,391.00 | ↑ +357% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $2,581.00 | ↑ +393% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2,581.00 | ↑ +393% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,624.00 | ↑ +401% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,812.00 | ↑ +437% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $3,126.00 | ↑ +497% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $5,149.00 | ↑ +884% |
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Excision benign lesion face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 0.6 - 1.0 cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,313.76 | $954.29 – $2,695.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $282.39 | $85.44 – $352.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,889.55 | $1,005.45 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,469.82 | $910.78 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $797.64 | $954.10 – $5,198.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $868.02 | $3,331.00 – $25,998.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,406.07 | $985.34 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,152.96 | $774.16 – $5,171.00 |