Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$210.00
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.
$600.00
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.
$142.63 with Aetna vs $1,202.64 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 | $142.63 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $145.48 | ↓ -31% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $156.89 | ↓ -25% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $185.42 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $202.31 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $227.82 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $250.32 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $250.32 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $262.82 | ↑ +25% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $263.87 | ↑ +26% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $285.26 | ↑ +36% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $285.26 | ↑ +36% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $285.26 | ↑ +36% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $305.23 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $330.06 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $652.97 | ↑ +211% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $738.86 | ↑ +252% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $793.53 | ↑ +278% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $881.70 | ↑ +320% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,202.64 | ↑ +473% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $65.70 | $40.50 – $378.44 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $238.82 | $28.53 – $100.77 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $806.31 | $139.78 – $793.69 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $361.24 | $61.07 – $367.50 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $99.90 | $61.07 – $147.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $330.85 | $40.50 – $432.03 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $187.36 | $61.07 – $409.87 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $185.34 | $61.07 – $409.87 |