Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$56.70

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.

$162.00

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.

$14.83 with Blue Cross vs $182.49 with Blue Shield — 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 Cross All Commercial Plans $14.83 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $67.02 ↑ +18%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $68.36 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $70.22 ↑ +24%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $73.73 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $79.09 ↑ +39%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $87.13 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $94.35 ↑ +66%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $98.94 ↑ +74%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $98.94 ↑ +74%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $101.09 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $113.02 ↑ +99%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $123.99 ↑ +119%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $143.43 ↑ +153%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $147.02 ↑ +159%
Cigna Ppo $147.02 ↑ +159%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $181.72 ↑ +220%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $182.49 ↑ +222%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $97.24 $13.77 – $234.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $231.03 $24.29 – $98.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $122.93 $28.50 – $227.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $60.52 $18.89 – $71.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $112.59 $15.39 – $267.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $45.72 $25.00 – $253.59
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45.22 $25.00 – $253.59
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $108.12 $30.70 – $98.94

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