Sputum specimen collection at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
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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.
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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.
$28.79 with Aetna vs $468.93 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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| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $28.79 | — |
| Cigna | Ppo | $32.35 | — |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $32.35 | — |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $36.16 | — |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $68.20 | — |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $137.06 | — |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $139.79 | — |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $150.30 | — |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $166.65 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $219.12 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $223.51 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $229.57 | — |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $241.04 | — |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $258.56 | — |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $284.86 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $287.00 | — |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $287.00 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $405.38 | — |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $468.93 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Sputum specimen collection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $252.58 | $17.04 – $354.05 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $113.01 | $9.30 – $242.56 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $84.47 – $287.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $111.75 – $287.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $126.72 – $287.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $48.50 – $229.55 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $127.02 – $127.02 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $94.91 – $287.00 |