Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) 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

$1,564.15

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$4,469.00

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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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,142.00 with Blue Shield vs $7,309.00 with Multiplan — 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
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,124.23 ↑ +36%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,166.71 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,225.51 ↑ +42%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,336.65 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,506.56 ↑ +60%
Cigna Ppo $2,589.00 ↑ +66%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $2,589.00 ↑ +66%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,685.00 ↑ +72%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $2,716.00 ↑ +74%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $2,761.50 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,895.00 ↑ +85%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $3,094.00 ↑ +98%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,217.00 ↑ +106%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,518.00 ↑ +125%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $3,929.83 ↑ +151%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $4,449.00 ↑ +184%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $4,545.85 ↑ +191%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $7,176.00 ↑ +359%
Multiplan Beech Street All Commercial Plans $7,309.00 ↑ +367%

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Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $946.96 $99.85 – $3,763.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,040.87 $116.72 – $1,289.13
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,163.12 $81.18 – $3,615.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $4,655.34 $81.18 – $2,175.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,842.40 $81.18 – $3,466.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,941.45 $81.18 – $1,884.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,920.52 $81.18 – $1,884.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,180.76 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00

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