Assay of procainamide w/metab 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.

$16.75 with Aetna vs $159.66 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 $16.75
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $17.08
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.42
La Care Health Plan Exchange $21.78
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $23.76
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $26.75
Cigna Ppo $29.51
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $29.51
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $30.99
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $33.50
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $33.50
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $33.50
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $35.84
Aetna All Commercial Plans $43.67
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $44.71
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $48.93
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $54.08
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $83.23
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $159.66

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Assay of procainamide w/metab at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.89 $3.35 – $24.57
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $27.90 $16.75 – $41.05
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $163.78 $16.75 – $587.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $11.18 $6.50 – $106.80
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $10.17 $5.20 – $106.80
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $8.48 $5.20 – $37.36
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $8.66 $6.76 – $106.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $16.42 – $136.29

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