Injection into brain canal at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$543.90
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.
$1,554.00
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.
$394.79 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 | $394.79 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $402.69 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $413.61 | ↓ -24% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $434.27 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $465.85 | ↓ -14% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $513.23 | ↓ -6% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $601.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $730.36 | ↑ +34% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $844.85 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $970.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $970.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↑ +110% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,311.00 | ↑ +141% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,485.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $2,581.00 | ↑ +375% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2,581.00 | ↑ +375% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,624.00 | ↑ +382% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,812.00 | ↑ +417% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $3,126.00 | ↑ +475% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,623.00 | ↑ +566% |
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Injection into brain canal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,032.87 | $162.34 – $2,136.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,021.73 | $162.34 – $2,199.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $447.78 | $435.83 – $6,200.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $747.06 | $162.34 – $1,034.88 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,988.64 | $335.57 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,458.48 | $162.34 – $1,206.81 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,199.41 | $152.73 – $1,953.67 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $779.52 | $335.57 – $4,188.00 |