Obstetrics panel at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$502.60
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.
$1,436.00
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.
$47.81 with Aetna vs $269.82 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.
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 | $47.81 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $48.77 | ↓ -90% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $52.59 | ↓ -90% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $62.15 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $67.81 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $76.37 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $83.92 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $83.92 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $88.45 | ↓ -82% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $95.62 | ↓ -81% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $95.62 | ↓ -81% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $95.62 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $102.31 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $103.68 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $107.50 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $135.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $221.91 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $226.32 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $243.34 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $269.82 | ↓ -46% |
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Obstetrics panel at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $139.86 | $47.81 – $205.80 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $211.47 | $47.81 – $215.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $209.19 | $47.81 – $212.51 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $326.62 | $47.81 – $457.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $169.35 | $40.64 – $472.32 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $317.76 | $47.81 – $579.98 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $174.12 | $46.25 – $283.61 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $46.85 – $134.42 |