Albuterol non-comp unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
15031 Rinaldi St, Mission Hills, CA · Providence · · NPI 1477587632
$0.61
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.
$1.75
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.
$0.15 with Aetna vs $1.66 with Blue Cross — 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 | All Commercial Plans | $0.15 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $0.16 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $0.16 | ↓ -74% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $0.17 | ↓ -72% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $0.17 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $0.54 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $0.60 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $0.60 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $0.60 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $1.66 | ↑ +172% |
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Albuterol non-comp unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5.61 | $0.15 – $0.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5.61 | $0.15 – $0.56 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5.61 | $0.15 – $0.67 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $18.36 | $0.14 – $1.32 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $5.61 | $0.15 – $0.67 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5.61 | $0.15 – $0.56 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $6.26 | $0.11 – $0.68 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1.04 | $0.15 – $1.44 |