Cell marker study 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.

$59.57 with Blue Cross vs $211.38 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 Cross All Commercial Plans $59.57
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $67.02
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $68.36
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $70.22
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $73.73
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $79.09
La Care Health Plan Exchange $87.13
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $98.94
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $98.94
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $108.29
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $116.02
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $123.99
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $129.71
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $143.43
Aetna All Commercial Plans $155.74
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $209.43
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $211.38
Cigna Ppo $211.38

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Cell marker study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $41.61 $25.65 – $293.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $38.52 $45.00 – $285.33
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $35.28 $24.30 – $335.43
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $62.83 $19.38 – $80.75
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $48.27 $59.71 – $991.60
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $86.77 $26.82 – $403.83
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $50.87 $58.95 – $87.98
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $37.09 $43.81 – $385.52

All California hospitals for this procedure →