Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center
501 S Buena Vista, Burbank, CA · Providence · · NPI 1336173269
$20.13
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.
$57.50
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.
$27.39 with Aetna vs $191.57 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.
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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $27.39 | ↑ +36% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $27.94 | ↑ +39% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $30.13 | ↑ +50% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $35.61 | ↑ +77% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $38.85 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Aco Other Commercial Plan | $42.19 | ↑ +110% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $43.75 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $48.06 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $48.06 | ↑ +139% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $50.67 | ↑ +152% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $52.98 | ↑ +163% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $54.78 | ↑ +172% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $54.78 | ↑ +172% |
| First Health/Coventry | Coventry All Commercial Plans | $54.78 | ↑ +172% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $58.61 | ↑ +191% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $117.70 | ↑ +485% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $126.41 | ↑ +528% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $126.57 | ↑ +529% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $140.45 | ↑ +598% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $191.57 | ↑ +852% |
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Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5.26 | $3.24 – $72.66 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $7.51 | $4.92 – $36.13 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $56.20 | $26.84 – $164.10 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $22.69 | $6.00 – $70.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $691.31 | $6.50 – $12.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $20.78 | $3.24 – $82.95 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $19.67 | $6.00 – $78.69 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.46 | $6.00 – $78.69 |