Mayo amikacin trough therapeutic drug level 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

$10.76

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.

$30.75

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.

$15.08 with Aetna vs $143.63 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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $15.08 ↑ +40%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $15.38 ↑ +43%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $16.59 ↑ +54%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $19.60 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $21.39 ↑ +99%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $24.09 ↑ +124%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $26.46 ↑ +146%
Cigna Ppo $26.46 ↑ +146%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $27.90 ↑ +159%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $30.16 ↑ +180%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $30.16 ↑ +180%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $30.16 ↑ +180%
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $31.61 ↑ +194%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $32.27 ↑ +200%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $39.70 ↑ +269%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $88.24 ↑ +720%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $94.77 ↑ +781%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $94.90 ↑ +782%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $105.30 ↑ +879%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $143.63 ↑ +1235%

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Mayo amikacin trough therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $114.32 $15.08 – $203.58
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $38.81 $3.02 – $57.23
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $55.85 $14.78 – $123.05
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.96 $15.08 – $68.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $46.62 $15.08 – $68.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $27.44 $15.08 – $68.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $25.97 $15.08 – $56.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $25.69 $15.08 – $55.30

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