Varicella zoster antibody igg 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

$55.30

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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.

$158.00

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.

$12.88 with Aetna vs $122.76 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 $12.88 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $13.14 ↓ -76%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $14.17 ↓ -74%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $16.74 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $18.27 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $20.57 ↓ -63%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $22.60 ↓ -59%
Cigna Ppo $22.60 ↓ -59%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $23.83 ↓ -57%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $25.76 ↓ -53%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $25.76 ↓ -53%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $25.76 ↓ -53%
Aetna Aco Other Commercial Plan $27.02 ↓ -51%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $27.56 ↓ -50%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $33.93 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $75.42 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $81.00 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $81.13 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $90.00 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $122.76 ↑ +122%

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Varicella zoster antibody igg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6.00 $1.35 – $34.17
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $28.03 $1.23 – $18.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $140.25 $12.62 – $105.19
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $35.10 $2.50 – $33.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $21.45 $2.71 – $5.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $32.15 $1.35 – $39.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $27.09 $2.50 – $37.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $26.80 $2.50 – $37.00

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