Chest X-ray (single view) at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
15031 Rinaldi St, Mission Hills, CA · Providence · · NPI 1477587632
$292.25
Cash price 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.
$835.00
Gross charge 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.
$23.24 with Aetna vs $303.19 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $23.24 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $25.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield | Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo | $26.97 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield | Hmo/Ppo/Epo | $30.15 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $48.69 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $64.67 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $111.93 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $114.17 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $117.27 | ↓ -60% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $123.12 | ↓ -58% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $127.70 | ↓ -56% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $127.70 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross | Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan | $132.07 | ↓ -55% |
| La Care Health Plan | Exchange | $145.51 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $207.07 | ↓ -29% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $239.53 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Oap Hmo/Pos | $303.19 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Ppo | $303.19 | ↑ +4% |
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Chest X-ray (single view) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $229.08 | $26.70 – $407.94 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $286.08 | $17.61 – $443.29 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $963.39 | $57.78 – $127.70 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $374.93 | $17.65 – $694.82 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $341.00 | $17.65 – $125.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $130.54 | $17.65 – $447.03 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $245.98 | $17.65 – $530.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $243.33 | $17.65 – $523.77 |