Change nephroureteral cath 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

$3,584.00

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$10,240.00

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.

$1,528.00 with Blue Shield vs $7,176.00 with Healthnet — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,528.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,688.58 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,742.35 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $2,816.77 ↓ -21%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,957.44 ↓ -17%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $3,094.00 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $3,172.48 ↓ -11%
Cigna Ppo $3,463.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $3,463.00 ↓ -3%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $3,495.16 ↓ -2%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $3,518.00 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $3,594.00 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,757.00 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $3,874.00 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $4,305.00 ↑ +20%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $4,449.00 ↑ +24%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $4,973.88 ↑ +39%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $5,753.57 ↑ +61%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $7,176.00 ↑ +100%

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Change nephroureteral cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,196.62 $637.41 – $4,655.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,513.65 $518.22 – $5,587.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,302.22 $518.22 – $5,587.96
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,138.08 $518.22 – $4,609.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,211.91 $518.22 – $4,552.77
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,256.97 $2,688.58 – $9,858.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,020.08 $451.60 – $2,472.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,395.07 $2,908.69 – $4,737.00

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