Lvad shower bag heartmate at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$833.49
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.
$2,381.40
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.
$613.75 with Aetna vs $1,313.43 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $613.75 | ↓ -26% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $626.02 | ↓ -25% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $675.12 | ↓ -19% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $797.88 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $853.48 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $961.13 | ↑ +15% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $1,135.44 | ↑ +36% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $1,313.43 | ↑ +58% |
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Lvad shower bag heartmate at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,586.30 | not published |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,586.30 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,735.02 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,090.58 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,735.02 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,586.30 | not published |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,427.67 | not published |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $61.11 | $43.80 – $219.00 |