Knee MRI (with and without contrast) at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$4,010.30
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.
$11,458.00
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.
$448.71 with Aetna vs $5,095.73 with Blue Shield — 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 | $448.71 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $457.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $470.10 | ↓ -88% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $493.58 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $529.47 | ↓ -87% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $583.32 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $585.98 | ↓ -85% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $610.96 | ↓ -85% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $610.96 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $737.67 | ↓ -82% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $830.11 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $960.24 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,190.88 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $4,274.22 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,499.38 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $4,595.68 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $5,095.73 | ↑ +27% |
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Knee MRI (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,253.08 | $453.77 – $4,012.32 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $6,199.20 | $616.00 – $616.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $6,199.20 | $616.00 – $616.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $3,588.00 | $403.00 – $403.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $3,588.00 | $403.00 – $403.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $3,518.78 | $635.04 – $4,911.11 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $6,199.20 | $616.00 – $616.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $6,199.20 | $616.00 – $616.00 |