Thoracotomy with cardiac massage at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$2,623.25
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.
$7,495.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $8,261.00 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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| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,142.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $1,807.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $2,047.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $2,624.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $2,812.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $3,126.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $4,751.00 | ↑ +81% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $4,875.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $8,261.00 | ↑ +215% |
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Thoracotomy with cardiac massage at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,652.51 | $2,335.00 – $2,335.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,371.32 | $2,238.00 – $9,773.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $8,537.76 | $4,666.00 – $13,634.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $3,668.70 | $1,142.00 – $8,480.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $8,523.36 | $4,188.00 – $17,015.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $7,463.04 | $4,971.00 – $14,032.00 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $2,709.35 | $1,142.00 – $6,264.00 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | $3,020.15 | $1,142.00 – $9,636.00 |