MRI w/cont, breast, bi at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
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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.
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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 $4,346.07 with Blue Cross — 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 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $457.68 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $470.10 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $493.58 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $529.47 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $583.32 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $610.96 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $610.96 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $830.11 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $960.24 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,346.07 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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MRI w/cont, breast, bi at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,141.82 | $453.77 – $3,814.20 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $10,247.08 | $1,011.00 – $3,829.84 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,202.17 | $430.69 – $3,352.98 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $2,198.80 | $453.77 – $7,881.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $2,239.25 | $453.77 – $3,647.43 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $858.28 | $453.77 – $1,996.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $819.93 | $453.77 – $2,097.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $987.46 | $453.77 – $2,423.20 |