Hcg qualitative 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

$118.65

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.

$339.00

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.

$7.52 with Aetna vs $71.54 with Blue Shield — 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 $7.52 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $7.67 ↓ -94%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $8.27 ↓ -93%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $9.78 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $10.67 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $12.01 ↓ -90%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $13.20 ↓ -89%
Cigna Ppo $13.20 ↓ -89%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $13.91 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $15.04 ↓ -87%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $15.04 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $15.04 ↓ -87%
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $15.75 ↓ -87%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $16.09 ↓ -86%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $19.77 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $43.95 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $47.20 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $47.30 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $52.45 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $71.54 ↓ -40%

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Hcg qualitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $168.20 $7.52 – $23.47
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $14.40 $1.50 – $22.31
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $306.00 $7.37 – $61.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.54 $7.52 – $28.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $187.15 $7.52 – $275.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $27.05 $7.52 – $28.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $129.85 $7.52 – $22.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $128.45 $7.52 – $22.12

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