Infect ag if nos ea 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.

$16.10 with Aetna vs $88.52 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 $16.10
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $16.42
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.71
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $19.48
La Care Health Plan Exchange $20.93
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $22.84
Aetna All Commercial Plans $24.46
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $25.72
Cigna Ppo $28.27
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $28.27
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $29.79
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $32.20
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $32.20
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $32.20
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $34.45
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $54.39
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $56.59
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $58.41
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $64.90
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $88.52

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Infect ag if nos ea at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3.66 $4.27 – $41.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3.35 $2.31 – $48.79
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $40.44 $4.27 – $46.29
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $40.01 $4.27 – $46.29
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $62.24 $0.86 – $6.84
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $32.05 $1.80 – $8.54
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $6.65 $4.45 – $8.54
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $56.14 $2.48 – $8.54

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