Pt application of modality >=1 area iontophoresis each 15 minutes at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$80.85
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.
$231.00
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.
$19.99 with Aetna vs $88.96 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 | $19.99 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $20.39 | ↓ -75% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $21.99 | ↓ -73% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $25.99 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $36.98 | ↓ -54% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $42.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $60.08 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $73.16 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $74.62 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $75.72 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $80.23 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $88.96 | ↑ +10% |
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Pt application of modality >=1 area iontophoresis each 15 minutes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $126.15 | $12.95 – $1,834.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $72.30 | $15.15 – $97.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $163.20 | $20.03 – $20.03 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $145.86 | $19.63 – $20.03 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $84.96 | $16.99 – $36.98 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $77.70 | $19.99 – $37.83 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $170.40 | $16.99 – $36.98 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $172.80 | $16.99 – $36.98 |