Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$152.95

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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.

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$437.00

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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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$11.54 with Aetna vs $97.12 with Blue Shield — 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

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

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 $11.54 ↓ -92%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.77 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $12.69 ↓ -92%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $15.00 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $16.37 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $18.43 ↓ -88%
Cigna Ppo $20.33 ↓ -87%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $20.33 ↓ -87%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $21.35 ↓ -86%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $23.08 ↓ -85%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $23.08 ↓ -85%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $23.08 ↓ -85%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $24.70 ↓ -84%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $26.57 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $27.20 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $29.76 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $32.89 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $49.34 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $97.12 ↓ -37%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $403.84 $11.54 – $719.16
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $19.75 $0.82 – $15.23
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $47.46 $11.31 – $80.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.97 $4.79 – $29.73
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $45.07 $11.54 – $28.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.96 $2.59 – $34.95
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $95.35 $11.54 – $33.16
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $94.32 $11.54 – $33.16

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