Insert tunneled cv cath 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

$2,541.70

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$7,262.00

Gross charge

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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.

$2,455.00 with Blue Shield vs $11,827.00 with Healthnet — 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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,455.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $3,950.00 ↑ +55%
Cigna Ppo $3,950.00 ↑ +55%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,061.05 ↑ +60%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,142.27 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,254.67 ↑ +67%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,467.15 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,791.97 ↑ +89%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $5,149.00 ↑ +103%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $5,279.36 ↑ +108%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $5,641.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $6,045.00 ↑ +138%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $6,544.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $6,722.00 ↑ +164%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $7,332.00 ↑ +188%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $7,407.00 ↑ +191%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,512.94 ↑ +196%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $8,690.64 ↑ +242%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $11,827.00 ↑ +365%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $11,827.00 ↑ +365%

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Insert tunneled cv cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,580.61 $370.21 – $8,157.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,925.19 $300.98 – $8,987.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,595.04 $300.98 – $8,987.58
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,083.01 $300.98 – $6,648.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,049.77 $300.98 – $6,564.90
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,888.93 $0.80 – $5,263.44
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,772.63 $300.98 – $3,442.00
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $3,182.90 $2,455.00 – $7,629.00

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