Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$496.30
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.
$1,418.00
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.
$259.11 with Blue Cross vs $602.71 with Healthnet — 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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| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $259.11 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $281.64 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $287.27 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $295.07 | ↓ -41% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $309.81 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $332.33 | ↓ -33% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $366.13 | ↓ -26% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $521.04 | ↑ +5% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $602.71 | ↑ +21% |
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Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $176.34 | $134.43 – $746.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $147.19 | $57.18 – $216.58 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $161.51 | $111.24 – $1,149.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $88.67 | $119.50 – $239.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $87.72 | $119.50 – $12,607.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $503.88 | $281.64 – $449.32 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $121.06 | $21.20 – $169.60 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $249.90 | $179.24 – $295.04 |