Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$236.95
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.
$677.00
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.
$424.83 with Aetna vs $5,149.00 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.
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 | $424.83 | ↑ +79% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $433.32 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $445.08 | ↑ +88% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $467.31 | ↑ +97% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $501.29 | ↑ +112% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $552.28 | ↑ +133% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $601.00 | ↑ +154% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $785.93 | ↑ +232% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $909.13 | ↑ +284% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $970.00 | ↑ +309% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $970.00 | ↑ +309% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↑ +382% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,311.00 | ↑ +453% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,485.00 | ↑ +527% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $2,581.00 | ↑ +989% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2,581.00 | ↑ +989% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,624.00 | ↑ +1007% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,812.00 | ↑ +1087% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $3,126.00 | ↑ +1219% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $5,149.00 | ↑ +2073% |
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Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,272.83 | $350.49 – $2,266.68 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $780.81 | $445.12 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,214.24 | $284.95 – $2,673.44 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $209.13 | $81.24 – $307.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,112.11 | $277.29 – $1,006.46 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $589.52 | $284.95 – $1,008.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $369.94 | $284.95 – $1,008.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $678.81 | $468.99 – $6,200.00 |