Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$6,606.25
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.
$18,875.00
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.
$4,589.00 with Blue Shield vs $35,214.00 with Healthnet — 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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,589.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $4,751.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $4,875.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $6,312.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $10,542.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10,643.53 | ↑ +61% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $10,701.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $10,856.40 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $11,151.00 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $11,297.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $11,707.89 | ↑ +77% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $12,115.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $12,559.20 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $12,560.00 | ↑ +90% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $13,836.59 | ↑ +109% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $19,690.54 | ↑ +198% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $21,833.00 | ↑ +230% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $22,777.16 | ↑ +245% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $35,214.00 | ↑ +433% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $35,214.00 | ↑ +433% |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,581.00 | $367.84 – $20,488.56 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $16,525.53 | $7,716.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,955.05 | $299.06 – $16,738.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8,369.60 | $299.06 – $16,738.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $6,370.02 | $299.06 – $13,712.03 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $15,840.09 | $7,745.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $12,452.16 | $9,008.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $8,326.26 | $6,323.17 – $11,149.80 |