Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe cns pathogen 12-25 targets 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

$730.45

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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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$2,087.00

Gross charge

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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.

$416.78 with Aetna vs $3,899.13 with Blue Shield — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $416.78 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $425.12 ↓ -42%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $458.46 ↓ -37%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $541.81 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $591.16 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $665.72 ↓ -9%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $731.46 ↑ +0%
Cigna Ppo $731.46 ↑ +0%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $771.04 ↑ +6%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $833.56 ↑ +14%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $833.56 ↑ +14%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $833.56 ↑ +14%
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $852.08 ↑ +17%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $891.91 ↑ +22%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,070.08 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,243.67 ↑ +207%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,395.51 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,572.74 ↑ +252%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $2,858.60 ↑ +291%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,899.13 ↑ +434%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe cns pathogen 12-25 targets at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $125.27 $77.22 – $1,105.85
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $195.30 $83.36 – $611.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,008.78 $408.44 – $2,727.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,215.95 $143.00 – $1,073.89
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $190.48 $154.82 – $286.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,113.68 $77.22 – $1,262.44
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $764.64 $143.00 – $1,197.69
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $531.79 $143.00 – $1,197.69

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