Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access 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

$1,162.00

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$3,320.00

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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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$896.84 with Aetna vs $3,950.00 with Cigna — 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 $896.84 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $914.78 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $939.60 ↓ -19%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $986.52 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,058.26 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -2%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $1,165.89 ↑ +0%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $1,484.00 ↑ +28%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,659.15 ↑ +43%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,807.00 ↑ +56%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,919.24 ↑ +65%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,047.00 ↑ +76%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $2,391.00 ↑ +106%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $2,391.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,624.00 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,812.00 ↑ +142%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,126.00 ↑ +169%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,623.00 ↑ +212%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $3,950.00 ↑ +240%
Cigna Ppo $3,950.00 ↑ +240%

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Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $740.66 $222.48 – $1,569.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,150.47 $147.06 – $1,590.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,067.42 $147.06 – $1,590.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $795.43 $147.06 – $1,393.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,041.18 $147.06 – $1,433.85
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,115.37 $534.38 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,250.34 $896.84 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,782.53 $147.06 – $1,697.64

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