Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$126.70
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.
$362.00
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.
$35.09 with Aetna vs $334.45 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 | $35.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $35.79 | ↓ -72% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $38.60 | ↓ -70% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $45.62 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $49.77 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $56.05 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $61.59 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $61.59 | ↓ -51% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $64.92 | ↓ -49% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $70.18 | ↓ -45% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $70.18 | ↓ -45% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $70.18 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $73.61 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $75.09 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $92.44 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $205.48 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $216.17 | ↑ +71% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $220.68 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $245.20 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $334.45 | ↑ +164% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $25.11 | $7.02 – $50.95 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $311.61 | $34.39 – $280.28 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $78.33 | $28.07 – $107.80 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $335.00 | $30.88 – $85.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $71.74 | $28.07 – $118.58 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $64.93 | $23.00 – $100.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $64.23 | $23.00 – $100.84 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $536.52 | $35.09 – $354.21 |