Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$912.10
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.
$2,606.00
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.
$1,137.58 with Aetna vs $3,623.00 with Blue Cross — 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 | $1,137.58 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,160.33 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,191.82 | ↑ +31% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,251.34 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,342.33 | ↑ +47% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $1,478.85 | ↑ +62% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,807.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,047.00 | ↑ +124% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $2,104.52 | ↑ +131% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $2,391.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $2,391.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $2,434.42 | ↑ +167% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2,581.00 | ↑ +183% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $2,581.00 | ↑ +183% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,624.00 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,812.00 | ↑ +208% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $3,126.00 | ↑ +243% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,623.00 | ↑ +297% |
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Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,725.84 | $1,191.92 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,314.82 | $138.50 – $3,010.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,609.39 | $138.50 – $3,193.82 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,169.34 | $138.50 – $2,923.34 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $850.71 | $138.50 – $1,708.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $816.95 | $138.50 – $1,404.62 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,153.84 | $1,255.83 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,445.89 | $1,137.58 – $8,018.00 |