Reticulocyte direct measurement automated at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$67.20
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.
$192.00
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.
$5.57 with Aetna vs $53.20 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 | $5.57 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5.68 | ↓ -92% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6.13 | ↓ -91% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $7.24 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $7.90 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $8.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $9.77 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $9.77 | ↓ -85% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $10.30 | ↓ -85% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $11.14 | ↓ -83% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $11.14 | ↓ -83% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $11.14 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $11.70 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $11.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $14.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $32.68 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $35.01 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $35.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $39.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $53.20 | ↓ -21% |
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Reticulocyte direct measurement automated at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $10.13 | $1.11 – $16.49 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $7.65 | $5.46 – $45.39 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $7.14 | $5.57 – $57.37 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7.65 | $5.57 – $65.05 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $31.11 | $5.57 – $25.95 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $7.65 | $65.21 – $65.21 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $13.77 | $5.46 – $48.81 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $8.64 | $4.73 – $11.14 |