Fetal non stress test 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

$208.60

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$596.00

Gross charge

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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.

$260.03 with Aetna vs $4,875.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $260.03 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $265.23 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $272.42 ↑ +31%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $286.03 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $296.71 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $306.83 ↑ +47%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $338.03 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $353.00 ↑ +69%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $481.05 ↑ +131%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $556.46 ↑ +167%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $810.00 ↑ +288%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $868.00 ↑ +316%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $965.00 ↑ +363%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $970.00 ↑ +365%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $970.00 ↑ +365%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,311.00 ↑ +528%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,485.00 ↑ +612%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $4,751.00 ↑ +2178%
Cigna Ppo $4,875.00 ↑ +2237%

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Fetal non stress test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $319.74 $49.47 – $447.10
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $738.67 $40.23 – $691.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,806.93 $272.45 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $338.12 $32.70 – $774.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $290.87 $32.70 – $727.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $251.54 $32.70 – $555.96
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $248.83 $32.70 – $555.96
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,086.41 $287.05 – $2,747.00

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