Brain flow imaging only 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

$327.60

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.

$936.00

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.

$140.37 with Blue Shield vs $1,928.68 with Cigna — 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 Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $140.37 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $150.40 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $168.14 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $196.04 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $271.49 ↓ -17%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $366.20 ↑ +12%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $698.35 ↑ +113%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $712.32 ↑ +117%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $731.65 ↑ +123%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $755.17 ↑ +131%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $755.17 ↑ +131%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $768.18 ↑ +134%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $824.04 ↑ +152%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $907.85 ↑ +177%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,291.95 ↑ +294%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $1,494.47 ↑ +356%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $1,928.68 ↑ +489%
Cigna Ppo $1,928.68 ↑ +489%

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Brain flow imaging only at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,536.10 $57.69 – $3,349.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,952.38 $57.69 – $2,046.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,226.18 $57.69 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $663.35 $57.69 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $656.20 $57.69 – $2,565.73
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $495.10 $57.69 – $843.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $512.71 $78.46 – $645.82
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $996.01 $57.69 – $886.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →