Thrombin time at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$90.30

Cash price

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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.

$258.00

Gross charge

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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.

$5.77 with Aetna vs $55.04 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.77 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.89 ↓ -93%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.35 ↓ -93%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $7.50 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $8.18 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $9.22 ↓ -90%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $10.13 ↓ -89%
Cigna Ppo $10.13 ↓ -89%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $10.67 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $11.54 ↓ -87%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $11.54 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $11.54 ↓ -87%
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $12.12 ↓ -87%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $12.35 ↓ -86%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $15.22 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $33.81 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $36.31 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $36.41 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $40.35 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $55.04 ↓ -39%

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Thrombin time at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8.25 $3.54 – $15.31
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $23.84 $1.15 – $38.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $21.14 $5.65 – $47.21
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $51.13 $5.77 – $14.87
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $12.55 $5.77 – $12.83
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $46.83 $3.54 – $17.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4.86 $1.55 – $16.58
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4.81 $1.55 – $16.58

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