Remove brain canal fluid at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$454.30
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.
$1,298.00
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.
$394.79 with Aetna vs $3,623.00 with Blue Cross — 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 | $394.79 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $402.69 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $413.61 | ↓ -9% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $434.27 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $465.85 | ↑ +3% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $513.23 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $601.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $730.36 | ↑ +61% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $844.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $970.00 | ↑ +114% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $970.00 | ↑ +114% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↑ +151% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,311.00 | ↑ +189% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,485.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $2,581.00 | ↑ +468% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $2,581.00 | ↑ +468% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,624.00 | ↑ +478% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,812.00 | ↑ +519% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $3,126.00 | ↑ +588% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $3,623.00 | ↑ +697% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,124.51 | $87.15 – $2,328.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,112.38 | $87.15 – $2,394.49 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,198.92 | $87.15 – $1,952.88 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $195.64 | $78.54 – $592.62 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $155.66 | $81.27 – $571.20 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $277.75 | $78.54 – $585.48 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $195.64 | $78.54 – $714.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $205.64 | $81.27 – $592.62 |