Homocysteine at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$98.00
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.
$280.00
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.
$17.92 with Aetna vs $160.75 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.
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 | $17.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18.28 | ↓ -81% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $19.71 | ↓ -80% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $23.30 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $25.42 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $28.62 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $31.46 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $31.46 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $33.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $35.38 | ↓ -64% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $35.84 | ↓ -63% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $35.84 | ↓ -63% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $35.84 | ↓ -63% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $38.35 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $44.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $98.76 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $106.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $106.14 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $117.85 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $160.75 | ↑ +64% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Homocysteine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $75.78 | $3.51 – $47.56 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $149.43 | $17.56 – $137.61 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $140.73 | $6.50 – $46.18 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $29.84 | $7.04 – $13.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $128.89 | $3.51 – $54.29 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $43.78 | $6.50 – $51.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $43.31 | $6.50 – $51.50 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $342.21 | $17.92 – $173.91 |