MRI lower extremity other than joint without & w/contrast (both sides) at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$3,199.70
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.
$9,142.00
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 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $457.68 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $470.10 | ↓ -85% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $493.58 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $529.47 | ↓ -83% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $583.32 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $585.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $610.96 | ↓ -81% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $610.96 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $737.67 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $830.11 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $960.24 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $1,993.97 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,190.88 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $4,274.22 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $4,595.68 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $5,095.73 | ↑ +59% |
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MRI lower extremity other than joint without & w/contrast (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,073.93 | $453.77 – $3,693.30 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,603.36 | $644.29 – $2,237.79 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,833.27 | $470.15 – $2,585.29 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,690.11 | $495.35 – $3,267.16 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,597.65 | $448.71 – $3,704.98 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,993.70 | $470.05 – $1,477.97 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,010.42 | $3,713.64 – $3,713.64 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $6,392.34 | $485.45 – $2,779.57 |