Benign lesion paring 2-4 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

$233.80

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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.

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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$668.00

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.

$203.00 with Cigna vs $1,738.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
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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
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $203.00 ↓ -13%
Cigna Ppo $203.00 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $258.05 ↑ +10%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $263.21 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $270.35 ↑ +16%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $283.85 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $304.49 ↑ +30%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $335.46 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $353.00 ↑ +51%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $477.39 ↑ +104%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $552.23 ↑ +136%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $601.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $829.00 ↑ +255%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $894.00 ↑ +282%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $970.00 ↑ +315%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $993.00 ↑ +325%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $1,528.00 ↑ +554%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $1,738.00 ↑ +643%

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Benign lesion paring 2-4 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $88.40 $35.74 – $426.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $365.67 $270.38 – $1,687.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $65.27 $25.36 – $96.04
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $161.48 $29.06 – $347.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $406.98 $284.87 – $2,747.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $409.53 $258.05 – $2,699.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $491.13 $270.32 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $241.74 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00

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