Bacterial vaginosis pcr 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

$67.55

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.

$193.00

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.

$70.20 with Aetna vs $668.84 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 $70.20 ↑ +4%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $71.60 ↑ +6%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $77.22 ↑ +14%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $91.26 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $99.57 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $112.13 ↑ +66%
Cigna Ppo $123.66 ↑ +83%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $123.66 ↑ +83%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $129.87 ↑ +92%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $140.40 ↑ +108%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $140.40 ↑ +108%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $140.40 ↑ +108%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $150.23 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $174.86 ↑ +159%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $183.03 ↑ +171%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $187.31 ↑ +177%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $204.97 ↑ +203%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $226.54 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $668.84 ↑ +890%

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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $61.50 $37.91 – $186.26
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $737.68 $14.04 – $64.02
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $151.98 $68.80 – $286.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $179.34 $21.07 – $180.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $164.25 $11.38 – $212.64
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $151.98 $70.20 – $361.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $151.98 $70.20 – $410.33
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $151.98 $411.29 – $411.29

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