Tte w or without contr, cont ecg 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

$1,411.90

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.

$4,034.00

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.

$1,008.25 with Aetna vs $4,385.00 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.

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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 $1,008.25 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,028.42 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,056.32 ↓ -25%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,109.08 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,189.72 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $1,228.67 ↓ -13%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $1,310.73 ↓ -7%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,865.27 ↑ +32%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,157.66 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,624.00 ↑ +86%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↑ +93%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,812.00 ↑ +99%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,126.00 ↑ +121%
Healthnet Ppo/Epo $4,385.00 ↑ +211%
Healthnet Hmo/Pos $4,385.00 ↑ +211%

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Tte w or without contr, cont ecg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $3,158.40 not published
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $3,158.40 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $3,158.40 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $3,158.40 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $3,158.40 not published
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $3,158.40 not published
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $3,158.40 not published
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $3,158.40 not published

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