Rmvl sq defib electrode at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$3,168.90
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.
$9,054.00
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.
$353.00 with Blue Shield vs $19,534.00 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.
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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $353.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $810.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $868.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $965.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $4,751.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,806.35 | ↑ +52% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $4,875.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $4,902.48 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5,035.51 | ↑ +59% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,286.99 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $5,671.42 | ↑ +79% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $6,248.26 | ↑ +97% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $6,544.00 | ↑ +107% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $7,407.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $7,764.00 | ↑ +145% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $8,891.76 | ↑ +181% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $10,285.60 | ↑ +225% |
| Healthnet | Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan | $12,111.00 | ↑ +282% |
| Healthnet | Ppo/Epo | $19,534.00 | ↑ +516% |
| Healthnet | Hmo/Pos | $19,534.00 | ↑ +516% |
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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,274.49 | $478.20 – $8,410.84 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,867.84 | $316.08 – $8,856.26 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,439.02 | $316.08 – $8,597.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,744.72 | $316.08 – $4,624.09 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,106.41 | $316.08 – $8,875.44 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,194.08 | $1,597.00 – $8,891.76 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,686.50 | $316.08 – $9,009.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,053.80 | $353.00 – $8,891.76 |