Radiation therapy dose plan 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

$1,566.25

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.

$4,475.00

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.

$70.00 with Aetna vs $369.95 with Healthnet — 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 Aco Other Commercial Plan $70.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $88.12 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $172.87 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $176.33 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $181.11 ↓ -88%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $190.16 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $203.99 ↓ -87%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $224.73 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $229.85 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $234.43 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $252.06 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $279.48 ↓ -82%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $319.81 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $333.27 ↓ -79%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $369.95 ↓ -76%

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Radiation therapy dose plan at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $245.72 $121.79 – $488.07
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $312.87 $80.50 – $11,311.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $261.08 $80.50 – $9,050.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $73.09 $80.50 – $19,249.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,126.08 $190.84 – $398.10
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $466.65 $172.87 – $451.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $76.15 $54.39 – $259.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,083.75 $187.03 – $338.69

All California hospitals for this procedure →