Ferritin at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$102.90
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.
$294.00
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.
$13.63 with Aetna vs $129.78 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.
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 | $13.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $13.90 | ↓ -86% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $14.99 | ↓ -85% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $17.72 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $19.33 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $21.77 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $23.92 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $23.92 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $25.22 | ↓ -75% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $27.26 | ↓ -74% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $27.26 | ↓ -74% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $27.26 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $28.56 | ↓ -72% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $29.17 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $35.87 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $79.74 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $85.64 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $85.79 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $95.15 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $129.78 | ↑ +26% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ferritin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $99.87 | $2.43 – $36.17 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $25.67 | $2.73 – $39.77 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $329.46 | $13.36 – $111.23 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $129.26 | $4.50 – $35.12 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $107.23 | $13.63 – $30.19 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $118.39 | $2.43 – $41.29 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $106.11 | $4.50 – $39.17 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $104.97 | $4.50 – $39.17 |