Flutemetamol f18 diagnostic 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

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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.

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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.

$1,944.01 with Aetna vs $12,265.44 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,944.01
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,982.89
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,036.70
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,138.41
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,293.90
La Care Health Plan Exchange $2,527.21
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,978.40
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,328.80
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,328.80
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $3,328.80
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,596.42
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $4,013.15
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $4,013.15
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $4,160.18
Cigna Ppo $6,495.36
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $6,495.36
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $12,265.44

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Flutemetamol f18 diagnostic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,905.13 – $4,391.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $1,944.01 – $4,753.64
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $1,944.01 – $5,670.29
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $1,944.01 – $11,197.31
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $5,684.19 – $5,684.19
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $1,905.13 – $4,721.56
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $1,652.41 – $4,013.15
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $1,944.01 – $6,495.36

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