Fetal fibronectin at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$226.80
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.
$648.00
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.
$64.41 with Aetna vs $847.74 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 | $64.41 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $65.70 | ↓ -71% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $70.85 | ↓ -69% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $83.73 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $91.36 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $102.88 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $113.05 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $113.05 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $119.16 | ↓ -47% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $128.82 | ↓ -43% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $128.82 | ↓ -43% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $128.82 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $135.08 | ↓ -40% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $137.84 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $169.64 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $377.06 | ↑ +66% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $404.95 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $449.95 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $613.73 | ↑ +171% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $847.74 | ↑ +274% |
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Fetal fibronectin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $431.87 | $64.41 – $200.96 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $121.44 | $12.88 – $188.18 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $820.59 | $63.12 – $1,099.14 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,006.23 | $51.52 – $230.30 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $620.72 | $56.19 – $913.36 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $921.60 | $51.52 – $230.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $448.54 | $56.19 – $589.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $443.71 | $56.19 – $582.23 |