Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center

15031 Rinaldi St, Mission Hills, CA · Providence · · NPI 1477587632

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

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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.

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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.

$64.41 with Aetna vs $613.73 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 $64.41
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $65.70
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $70.85
La Care Health Plan Exchange $83.73
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $91.36
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $102.88
Cigna Ppo $113.47
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $113.47
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $119.16
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $128.82
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $128.82
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $128.82
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $137.84
Aetna All Commercial Plans $167.95
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $171.88
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $188.08
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $207.88
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $314.11
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $613.73

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Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $43.37 $26.73 – $170.91
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $28.17 $12.88 – $94.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $68.85 $63.12 – $514.34
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $49.50 – $165.97
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $66.60 $53.59 – $97.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.20 $26.73 – $195.11
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $68.85 $64.41 – $650.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $68.85 $64.41 – $737.11

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