Pet image w/ct lmtd at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$2,194.85
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.
$6,271.00
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.
$1,839.15 with Aetna vs $7,252.01 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 | $1,839.15 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,875.94 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $1,926.84 | ↓ -12% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,023.07 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $2,170.17 | ↓ -1% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $2,308.94 | ↑ +5% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,308.94 | ↑ +5% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $2,390.90 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $2,623.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,303.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $3,402.43 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $3,935.79 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $4,132.73 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,964.27 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $6,082.88 | ↑ +177% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $6,540.37 | ↑ +198% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $7,252.01 | ↑ +230% |
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Pet image w/ct lmtd at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $6,073.92 | $2,127.01 – $8,937.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,145.57 | $2,030.33 – $6,771.57 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,678.56 | $1,989.72 – $5,760.98 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,772.80 | $1,563.28 – $3,402.43 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $5,575.95 | $2,003.90 – $12,391.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1,713.60 | $1,839.15 – $3,402.43 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $3,615.98 | $2,127.01 – $8,145.88 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $4,011.84 | $1,563.28 – $3,402.43 |