Chromosome study additional 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.

$24.49 with Blue Shield vs $87.43 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 Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $24.49
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $26.79
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $29.61
Aetna All Commercial Plans $33.88
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $34.43
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $35.12
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $37.87
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $44.27
La Care Health Plan Exchange $44.76
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $48.84
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $55.00
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $60.65
Cigna Ppo $60.65
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $63.70
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $68.86
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $68.86
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $68.86
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $73.68
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $87.43

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Chromosome study additional at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $114.28 $17.33 – $261.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $104.67 $17.33 – $261.66
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $69.75 $16.97 – $150.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $69.00 $16.97 – $148.52
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $107.35 $18.80 – $150.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $55.28 $17.33 – $154.16
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $96.82 $16.68 – $176.72
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $33.74 – $72.49

All California hospitals for this procedure →