Potassium 24 hour urine 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

$74.90

Cash price

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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.

$214.00

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.

$4.73 with Aetna vs $40.99 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.73 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.82 ↓ -94%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.20 ↓ -93%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $6.15 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $6.71 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $7.56 ↓ -90%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $8.29 ↓ -89%
Cigna Ppo $8.29 ↓ -89%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $8.75 ↓ -88%
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $9.01 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $9.46 ↓ -87%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $9.46 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $9.46 ↓ -87%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $10.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $11.32 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $25.18 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $27.05 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $27.09 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $30.05 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $40.99 ↓ -45%

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Potassium 24 hour urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $85.85 $4.73 – $152.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $34.43 $0.95 – $17.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $120.36 $4.64 – $35.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $133.54 $2.50 – $12.17
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $70.60 $4.73 – $103.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $122.31 $1.35 – $14.31
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $88.30 $4.73 – $51.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $87.35 $4.73 – $50.56

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