Lymphocytotoxicity assay 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

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$90.79 with Aetna vs $436.82 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $90.79
Aetna All Commercial Plans $114.02
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $189.51
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $193.30
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $208.46
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $226.60
La Care Health Plan Exchange $246.36
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $268.37
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $268.80
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $288.23
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $302.70
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $320.25
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $332.59
Cigna Ppo $332.59
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $350.59
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $379.02
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $379.02
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $379.02
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $405.55
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $436.82

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Lymphocytotoxicity assay at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $139.75 $57.70 – $348.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $127.08 $65.00 – $543.59
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $105.95 $65.00 – $422.63
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $108.23 $69.60 – $543.59
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $185.72 – $379.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $189.51 – $379.02
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $189.51 – $421.05
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $167.96 – $189.51

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