Brace knee support neoprene padded open patella med 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

$171.78

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.

$490.80

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.

$149.29 with Aetna vs $319.48 with Healthnet — 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 $149.29 ↓ -13%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $152.28 ↓ -11%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $164.22 ↓ -4%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $194.08 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $207.60 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $233.78 ↑ +36%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $276.19 ↑ +61%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $319.48 ↑ +86%

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Brace knee support neoprene padded open patella med at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $261.05 $143.04 – $464.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $425.52 not published
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $425.52 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $402.99 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $275.34 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $402.99 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $425.52 not published
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $300.13 not published

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