Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator 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

$3,593.45

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$10,267.00

Gross charge

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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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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

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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 $4,589.00 ↑ +28%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $4,751.00 ↑ +32%
Cigna Ppo $4,875.00 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $5,149.00 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $10,542.00 ↑ +193%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,643.53 ↑ +196%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $10,701.00 ↑ +198%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,856.40 ↑ +202%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $11,151.00 ↑ +210%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $11,297.00 ↑ +214%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,707.89 ↑ +226%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $12,115.00 ↑ +237%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $12,559.20 ↑ +250%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $12,560.00 ↑ +250%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $13,836.59 ↑ +285%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $19,690.54 ↑ +448%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $21,833.00 ↑ +508%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $22,777.16 ↑ +534%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $35,214.00 ↑ +880%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $35,214.00 ↑ +880%

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Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,048.78 $630.58 – $20,488.56
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,893.37 $512.67 – $15,783.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,442.52 $512.67 – $16,106.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,438.21 $512.67 – $11,706.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $11,834.04 $6,200.00 – $46,622.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $9,209.58 $8,018.00 – $46,622.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,122.15 $512.67 – $20,349.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $11,847.81 $4,042.00 – $15,575.00

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