Calculus analysis qual 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

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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.

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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.

$11.58 with Aetna vs $110.28 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.58
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.81
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $12.74
La Care Health Plan Exchange $15.05
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $16.43
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $18.50
Cigna Ppo $20.41
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $20.41
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $21.42
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $23.16
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $23.16
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $23.16
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $24.78
Aetna All Commercial Plans $30.19
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $30.88
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $33.80
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $37.35
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $57.69
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $110.28

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Calculus analysis qual at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $35.30 $11.58 – $51.94
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $20.23 $10.29 – $25.48
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $13.18 $10.29 – $25.99
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $15.18 $10.29 – $25.99
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $11.35 – $94.47
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $11.58 – $119.39
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $11.58 – $135.39
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $11.58 – $54.01

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