X-ray sacrum/coccyx >= 2 views 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

$506.10

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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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$1,446.00

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.

$37.96 with Aetna vs $302.08 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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 Aco Other Commercial Plan $37.96 ↓ -92%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $47.78 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $98.48 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $100.44 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $102.75 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $107.99 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $111.93 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $114.17 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $117.27 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $119.74 ↓ -76%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $123.12 ↓ -76%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $127.70 ↓ -75%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $127.70 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $132.07 ↓ -74%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $145.51 ↓ -71%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $207.07 ↓ -59%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $239.53 ↓ -53%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $302.08 ↓ -40%
Cigna Ppo $302.08 ↓ -40%

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X-ray sacrum/coccyx >= 2 views at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $515.20 $118.00 – $118.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $283.39 $54.29 – $504.66
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $515.20 $118.00 – $118.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $515.20 $118.00 – $118.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $515.20 $118.00 – $118.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $426.40 $81.00 – $81.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $426.40 $81.00 – $81.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $515.20 $118.00 – $118.00

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