Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$35.43

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.

$101.24

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.

$8.21 with Blue Shield vs $18.86 with Blue Cross — 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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $8.21 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $9.18 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $9.18 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $9.18 ↓ -74%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $13.63 ↓ -62%
Cigna Ppo $13.63 ↓ -62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $13.70 ↓ -61%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $14.73 ↓ -58%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $14.73 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $18.86 ↓ -47%

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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $63.08 $6.27 – $112.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $5.87 – $14.73
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $205.44 $10.39 – $470.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $188.16 $9.66 – $470.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $18.93 $5.12 – $27.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $18.72 $9.36 – $32.67
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $6.35 – $14.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $7.57 – $14.73

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