Fluid pressure muscle 20950 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

$896.35

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.

$2,561.00

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.

$353.00 with Blue Shield vs $3,623.00 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.

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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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $353.00 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $810.00 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $868.00 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $910.78 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $928.99 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $954.20 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $965.00 ↑ +8%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,001.85 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,074.70 ↑ +20%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $1,184.01 ↑ +32%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $1,484.00 ↑ +66%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,684.94 ↑ +88%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,807.00 ↑ +102%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,949.06 ↑ +117%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,047.00 ↑ +128%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $2,391.00 ↑ +167%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $2,391.00 ↑ +167%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $2,581.00 ↑ +188%
Cigna Ppo $2,581.00 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,623.00 ↑ +304%

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Fluid pressure muscle 20950 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $354.35 $218.43 – $1,618.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $470.93 $140.72 – $939.93
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,313.76 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,461.15 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,228.59 $910.78 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $797.64 $721.00 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $774.18 $1,847.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,406.07 $691.00 – $4,042.00

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