Pembrolizumab 25 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$10,474.80

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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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$29,928.00

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.

$60.15 with Blue Shield vs $160.44 with Blue Cross — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $60.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $61.25 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $62.48 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $67.23 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $67.23 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $67.23 ↓ -99%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $67.38 ↓ -99%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $79.63 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $81.70 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $92.00 ↓ -99%
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $105.91 ↓ -99%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $113.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna Ppo $118.11 ↓ -99%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $118.11 ↓ -99%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $118.70 ↓ -99%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $127.60 ↓ -99%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $127.60 ↓ -99%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $131.08 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $160.44 ↓ -98%

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Pembrolizumab 25 mg/ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16,050.00 $55.81 – $36,750.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $14,700.00 $55.81 – $36,750.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8,919.22 $36.05 – $16,137.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8,823.05 $74.41 – $15,935.88
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $13,813.45 $61.25 – $127.60
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $13,813.45 $61.25 – $127.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,771.81 $56.66 – $13,507.04
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $6,221.72 $59.35 – $9,528.78

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