Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old 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

$3,741.50

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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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$10,690.00

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.

$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $8,690.64 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 $1,142.00 ↓ -69%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,807.00 ↓ -52%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,047.00 ↓ -45%
Cigna Ppo $2,581.00 ↓ -31%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $2,581.00 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,624.00 ↓ -30%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↓ -27%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,812.00 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,126.00 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,623.00 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,061.05 ↑ +9%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,142.27 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,254.67 ↑ +14%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $4,385.00 ↑ +17%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $4,385.00 ↑ +17%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $4,467.15 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $4,791.97 ↑ +28%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $5,279.36 ↑ +41%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $7,512.94 ↑ +101%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $8,690.64 ↑ +132%

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Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,875.91 $104.75 – $7,477.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $216.61 $122.25 – $629.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,535.54 $1,921.00 – $4,341.89
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,934.99 $85.16 – $4,257.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $217.12 $84.34 – $319.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,772.24 $85.16 – $2,527.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,321.88 $85.16 – $3,563.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,648.35 $85.16 – $3,563.00

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