Radiation treatment delivery at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$487.55
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.
$1,393.00
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.
$131.23 with Aetna vs $402.35 with Aetna — 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 | $131.23 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $133.85 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $137.48 | ↓ -72% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $144.35 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $154.85 | ↓ -68% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $170.60 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $242.77 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $280.83 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $305.49 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $311.56 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $319.61 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $335.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $371.45 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $387.52 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $402.35 | ↓ -17% |
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Radiation treatment delivery at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $264.56 | $92.02 – $525.48 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $955.23 | $144.87 – $462.90 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $546.72 | $131.23 – $524.93 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $325.17 | $60.82 – $1,106.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $997.05 | $141.97 – $393.81 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $92.16 | $111.54 – $242.77 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $504.19 | $60.82 – $979.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $465.93 | $60.82 – $1,670.00 |