Largsc w/rmvl foreign bdy(s) at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$224.35
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.
$641.00
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.
$503.04 with Aetna vs $4,184.00 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 | $503.04 | ↑ +124% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $513.10 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $527.03 | ↑ +135% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $553.35 | ↑ +147% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $593.58 | ↑ +165% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $653.96 | ↑ +191% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $930.63 | ↑ +315% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,076.51 | ↑ +380% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,311.00 | ↑ +484% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $1,484.00 | ↑ +561% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,485.00 | ↑ +562% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,528.00 | ↑ +581% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $2,391.00 | ↑ +966% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $2,391.00 | ↑ +966% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $3,452.00 | ↑ +1439% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $3,452.00 | ↑ +1439% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $3,511.00 | ↑ +1465% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,623.00 | ↑ +1515% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $3,763.00 | ↑ +1577% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $4,184.00 | ↑ +1765% |
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Largsc w/rmvl foreign bdy(s) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $874.65 | $527.08 – $2,570.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,097.52 | $555.33 – $7,483.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $575.79 | $503.04 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $649.74 | $526.97 – $5,198.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $577.32 | $3,331.00 – $25,998.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,127.61 | $544.23 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $710.40 | $427.59 – $6,920.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $451.50 | $503.04 – $3,470.00 |