Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$2,447.90

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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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$6,994.00

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.

$1,747.00 with Blue Shield vs $17,818.53 with Healthnet — 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

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 $1,747.00 ↓ -29%
Cigna Ppo $3,962.00 ↑ +62%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $3,962.00 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $4,107.00 ↑ +68%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $4,428.00 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $4,619.00 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $4,920.00 ↑ +101%
Multiplan Beech Street All Commercial Plans $7,309.00 ↑ +199%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $7,332.00 ↑ +200%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $7,629.00 ↑ +212%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,326.41 ↑ +240%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,492.94 ↑ +247%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8,674.00 ↑ +254%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $8,723.40 ↑ +256%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,159.06 ↑ +274%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $9,825.04 ↑ +301%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $10,824.34 ↑ +342%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $11,827.00 ↑ +383%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $15,403.87 ↑ +529%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $17,818.53 ↑ +628%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,333.23 $325.80 – $8,890.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,916.59 $264.88 – $4,478.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,755.38 $264.88 – $4,478.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,687.00 $264.88 – $7,950.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,039.50 $264.88 – $6,542.78
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,673.03 $264.88 – $6,617.52
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,152.45 $264.88 – $7,982.37
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,424.80 $1,747.00 – $10,824.34

All California hospitals for this procedure →