Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance 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

$670.60

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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.

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.

$1,916.00

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.

$202.00 with Cigna 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
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $202.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna Ppo $202.00 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $353.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $574.56 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $586.05 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $601.96 ↓ -10%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $632.02 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $677.97 ↑ +1%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $746.93 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $810.00 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $868.00 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $965.00 ↑ +44%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,062.94 ↑ +59%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,229.56 ↑ +83%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,311.00 ↑ +95%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $1,484.00 ↑ +121%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,485.00 ↑ +121%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $2,391.00 ↑ +257%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $2,391.00 ↑ +257%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,623.00 ↑ +440%

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Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $204.55 $126.09 – $934.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $184.79 $79.81 – $343.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,069.98 $593.00 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,671.34 $149.10 – $453.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,300.04 $28.20 – $149.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,530.76 $124.47 – $461.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $159.16 $149.10 – $429.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $157.45 $149.10 – $429.00

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